We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.