For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The science of love is the philosophy of the heart

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

An acute first-class brain is the finest asset anyone can have- and, if we want to be happy, it is an asset we must exploit to the uttermost.

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.