Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.
Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.