Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

To build is to be robbed.