Man has no greater enemy than himself. I have acted contrary to my sentiments and inclination; throughout our whole lives we do what we never intended, and what we proposed to do, we leave undone.

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?

A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires.

Life in itself is short enough, but the physicians with their art, know to their amusement, how to make it still shorter.

Man has not a greater enemy than himself.

Mere elegance of language can produce at best but an empty renown.