Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Happiness is in the taste, and not in the things.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

Fearlessness is a more than ordinary strength of mind, which raises the soul above the troubles, disorders, and emotions which theprospect of great dangers are used to produce. And by this inward strength it is that heroes preserve themselves in a calm and quiet state, and enjoy a presence of mind and the free use of their reason in the midst of those terrible accidents that amaze and confound other people.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.

The reason that lovers never weary each other is because they are always talking about themselves.