Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.
The course of true anything never does run smooth.
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity. The time present is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.
He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.