Who feareth to suffer suffereth already, because he feareth.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom.

There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to trees and plants.

Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves.