Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.

The maxim of Cleobulus, "Mediocrity is best," has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and nature. The experience of every age seems to have given it new confirmation, and to show that nothing, however specious or alluring, is pursued with propriety or enjoyed with safety beyond certain limits.

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.

Truth allows no choice.