It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.

Pleasure limps for him. who enjoys it alone.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

There is certainly no beauty on earth which exceeds the natural loveliness of woman.

How many wells of science there are in whose depths there is nothing but clear water!

Our virtues live upon our incomes; our vices consume our capital.