That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The living voice is that which sways the soul.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas