The happier time, the quicker it passes

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.

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.

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.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit