Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.

Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterward forms itself into laws.

A straight oar looks bent in the water. It matters not merely that we see a thing, but how we see it.

I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance

As far as I am concerned, no road that would lead us to health is either arduous or expensive.

Pleasure itself is painful at the bottom.