I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire.

[C]ourage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.

No man is defeated without some resentment which will be continued with obstinacy while he believes himself in the right, and asserted with bitterness, if even to his own conscience he is detected in the wrong.

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

Love is only one of many passions.

No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.