Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

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.

It is a great proof of talents to be able to recall the mind from the senses, and to separate thought from habit.

If you would abolish covetousness, you must abolish its mother, profusion.

Saving the virtues includes all other advantages