Even dress is apt to inflame a man's opinion of himself.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.

The sordid meal of the Cynics contributed neither to their tranquillity nor to their modesty. Pride went with Diogenes into his tub; and there he had the presumption to command Alexander the haughtiest of all men.

Death, whether it regards ourselves or others, appears less terrible in war than at home. The cries of women and children, friends in anguish, a dark room, dim tapers, priests and physicians, are what affect us the most on the death-bed. Behold us already more than half dead and buried.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.