It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb.

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which they do not feel and consent to yield to the general delusion.

I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.

Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?