The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.

Virtue is too often merely local.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.

Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light.

Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance