If a man could mount to Heaven and survey the mighty universe, his admiration of its beauties would be much diminished unless he had someone to share in his pleasure.

It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

A man would have no pleasures in discovering all the beauties of the universe, even in heaven itself, unless he had a partner to whom he might communicate his joys.

The name of peace is sweet and the thing itself good, but between peace and slavery there is the greatest difference.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Old age by nature is rather talkative.