Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.
Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.
He who lives not to others, lives little to himself.
It is easier to sacrifice great than little things.
A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.
He who would teach men to die would teach them to live.