"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."

In proportion as our cares are employed upon the future, they are abstracted from the present, from the only time which we can call our own, and of which, if we neglect the apparent duties to make provision against visionary attacks, we shall certainly counteract our own purpose.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.