He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
We should spread joy, but, as far as we can, repress sorrow.
There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
Is it not better to remain in suspense than to entangle yourself in the many errors that the human fancy has produced? Is it not better to suspend your convictions than to get mixed up in these seditious and quarrelsome divisions?
Have you been able to think out and manage your own life? You have done the greatest task of all.... All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.