There is some shadow of delight and delicacy which smiles upon and flatters us even in the very lap of melancholy.
Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.
I must use these great men's virtues as a cloak for my weakness.
It is not necessity but abundance which produces greed.
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.