There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

And, after all, the Athanasian Creed is light and comprehensible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science.

The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation.

In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.