Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

A great fortune is a great slavery.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.