The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine.

Before the birth of Love, many fearful things took place through the empire of necessity; but when this god was born, all things rose to men.

I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all?

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.