A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?
People of our time are so formed for agitation and ostentation that goodness, moderation, equability, constancy, and such quiet and obscure qualities are no longer felt.