What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.
Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.
Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.