The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment; if we aim at anything higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavors at making himself easy now and happy hereafter.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

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

Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

True religion and virtue give a cheerful and happy turn to the mind, admit of all true pleasures, and even procure for us the highest.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.