Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.

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

Why will any man be so impertinently officious as to tell me all prospect of a future state is only fancy and delusion? Is there any merit in being the messenger of ill news. If it is a dream, let me enjoy it, since it makes me both the happier and better man.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.