It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.

Whatever is preached to us, and whatever we learn, we should still remember that it is man that gives, and man that receives; it is a mortal hand that presents it to us, it is a mortal hand that accepts it.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.

A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.