“There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.”

“It is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.”

“The honest and good man ought to be exactly like a man who smells strong, so that the bystander as soon as he comes near him must smell whether he choose or not.”

“A man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.”

“The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.”

“Ambition's debt is paid.”

“Have I caught thee, my heavenly jewel? Why, now letme die, for I have lived long enough.”

“There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.”