The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.

There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.

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.

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.

Light cares speak, great ones are speechless. -Curae leves loquuntur ingentes stupent

Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

Mercy often inflicts death.