The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

He that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.