No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.

The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.

The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.

Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

Tis a human trait to hate one you have wronged