So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.

Some men make a womanish complaint that it is a great misfortune to die before our time. I would ask what time? Is it that of Nature? But she, indeed, has lent us life, as we do a sum of money, only no certain day is fixed for payment. What reason then to complain if she demands it at pleasure, since it was on this condition that you received it.

It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.

Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.

Religion is the pious worship of God.