We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others

The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits, as fire is struck from the hardest flints.

None but those who are happy in themselves can make others so.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

Without life there can be no action — no objects of pursuit — no restless desires — no tormenting passions. Hence it is that we fondly cling to it — that we dread its termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope.

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.