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

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.

Health and happiness give rise to each other.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.

A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

It happened very providentially, to the honor of the Christian religion, that it did not take its rise in the dark illiterate ages of the world, but at a time when arts and sciences were at their height.