There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

Filial obedience is the first and greatest requisite of a state; by this we become good subjects to our emperors, capable of behaving with just subordination to our superiors, and grateful dependents on heaven; by this we become fonder of marriage, in order to be capable of exacting obedience from others in our turn; by this we become good magistrates, for early submission is the truest lesson to those who would learn to rule. By this the whole state may be said to resemble one family.

All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins.