No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.

Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.

Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is a matter of inexpressible difficulty. For there is amongst them the gentler fire of the ruby, there is the rich purple of the amethyst, there is the sea-green of the emerald, and all shining together in an indescribable union. Others, by an excessive heightening of their hues equal all the colours of the painter, others the flame of burning brimstone, or of a fire quickened by oil.

Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

No book so bad but some part may be of use.

The happier the moment the shorter.