It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.

Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.

No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.