Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

Revenge is an inhuman word.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

He who is penitent is almost innocent.