The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.

The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic.

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.