Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty.

All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.

If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still