The relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.

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

Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep.

There is a certain amount of purpose, acquiescence, and satisfaction in nursing one's melancholy.

No one should be subjected to force over things which belonged to him.