A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.