Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.

The strong desire for success is the best indication that you can achieve success.

The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.