Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.
Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
A good mind possesses a kingdom.
He that visits the sick in hopes of a legacy, but is never so friendly in all other cases, I look upon him as being no better than a raven that watches a weak sheep only to peck out its eyes.
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.