Decency, not to dare to do that in public which it is decent enough to do in private.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

It is equally pointless to weep because we won't be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.

The continuous work of our life is to build death.

Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.