Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.
I love being superior to myself better than [to] my equals.
Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people.
Happiness can be built only on virtue, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.
Intellect really exists in its products; its kingdom is here.
The necessity for external government to man is in an inverse ratio to the vigor of his self-government. Where the last is most complete, the first is least wanted. Hence, the more virtue the more liberty.