Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.
Allegories drawn to great length will always break.
If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies.
Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and never yet produced conviction in a single mind.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.