Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

By anticipation we sugar misery and enjoy happiness before they are in being. We can set the sun and stars forward, or lose sight of them by wandering into those retired parts of eternity when the heavens and earth shall be no more.

Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.