Fortune mends more faults in us than ever reason would be able to do.

Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.

Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

There are no circumstances, however unfortunate, that clever people do not extract some advantage from.

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.