We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.

Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.

There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.