It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.

Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.

You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.

The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.