It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

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?

It is better to will the good than to know the truth.

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

I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.

It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.

How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.