So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.

He is most powerful who governs himself.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

Human nature is so constituted that insults sink deeper than kindnesses; the remembrance of the latter soon passes away, while that of the former is treasured in the memory.

When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.