Solitude and company may be allowed to take their turns: the one creates in us the love of mankind, the other that of ourselves; solitude relieves us when we are sick of company, and conversation when we are weary of being alone, so that the one cures the other. There is no man so miserable as he that is at a loss how to use his time

There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.

Death is sometimes a punishment, often a gift; to many it has been a favor.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Man is a social animal.