Nothing is so great an adversary to those who make it their business to please as expectation.

Let a man practice the profession which he best knows.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.

Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.