If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it?
Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.
You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .
The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.
A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.