I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

I must use these great men's virtues as a cloak for my weakness.

Books are a languid pleasure.

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

Why dost thou complain of this world? It detains thee not; thy own cowardice is the cause, if thou livest in pain.

A good marriage ... is a sweet association in life: full of constancy, trust, and an infinite number of useful and solid services and mutual obligations.