Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

He that runs may read.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.

Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.

Great offices will have great talents.

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.