It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free.

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved.

He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

Every man is of importance to himself.