As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.

It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

If it be usual to be strongly impressed by things that are scarce, why are we so little impressed by virtue?

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.