Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do not perceive ourselves to be sick, renders us more hard to be cured.
Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
Retirement without literary amusements is death itself, and a living tomb.
It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman.
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.