One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.
What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?