Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.
The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue.
Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.