A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort.

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

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.

The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all.

Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law