He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

To how many blockheads of my time has a cold and taciturn demeanor procured the credit of prudence and capacity!

I do not teach. I relate.

A woman is no sooner ours than we are no longer hers.

..a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will.

There is power in ambition, pleasure in luxury...but envy can gain nothing but vexation.

Disappointment and feebleness imprint upon us a cowardly and valetudinarian virtue.