There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of general venality, to lead a life of virtue and reason in the midst of sensualists, is a proof of a mind intent on nobler things than the praise or blame of men, of a soul fixed in the contemplation of the highest good, and superiour to the tyranny of custom and example.

Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.

A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

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

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.