That grief is light which can take counsel.
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
The largest part of goodness is the will to become good.
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.