“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.”

“Tis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.”

“The field cannot be seen from within the field.”

“I suppose you could never explain to the most ingenous molusk that such a creature as a whale existed.”