There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.

This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget what he has received.

Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.