Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice.
One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.
Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny.