Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.