A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.

A great, a good, and a right mind is a kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave as well as of a prince: it came from heaven, and to heaven it must return; and it is a kind of heavenly felicity, which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even upon earth.

Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

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

He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.

There's no delight in owning anything unshared.