Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

War is the only game in which both sides lose.

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.

You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has indeed, by some accident, been brought up in the greenhouse, and thus rendered delicate and effeminate, but which regains its native firmness and tenacity, when exposed for a season to the winter air.

If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.