There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.
Books are a languid pleasure.
Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.
If others surpass you in knowledge, in charm, in strength, in fortune, you have other causes to blame for it; but if you yield tothem in stoutness of heart you have only yourself to blame.