Those things which make the infernal regions terrible, the darkness, the prison, the river of flaming fire, the judgment seat, are all a fable, with which the poets amuse themselves, and by them agitate us with vain terrors.

Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.

It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.

Let wickedness escape as it may at the bar, it never fails of doing justice upon itself; for every guilty person is his own hangman.

Whatever is to make us better and happy God has placed either openly before us or close to us.

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law

Golden roofs break men's rest.