Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.

What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.

There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest.

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.