We gain so much by quickness, and lose so much by slowness.
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
I would rather be sick than idle.
The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.
He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.