“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.”

“With love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out”

“All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy.”

“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”