The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and make the most of one's resources.

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

When we feel that we lack whatever is needed to secure someone else's esteem, we are very close to hating him

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

Great men, like nature, use simple language.