God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.

To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.

An action will not be right unless the will be right; for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right; for from thence comes the will.