Some pretend want of power to make a competent return; and you shall find in others a kind of graceless modesty, that makes a man ashamed of requiting an obligation, because it is a confession that he has received one.
Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.
Fine conduct is always spontaneous.
Money has never yet made anyone rich.
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
Life is most delightful on the downward slope.