āAll is as thinking makes it soā
āThere is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.ā
āIt is a shame for the soul to be first to give way in this life, when thy body does not give way.ā
āThe 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.ā
āA man's happiness,-to do the things proper to man.ā
āThe constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.ā
āBounty, being free itself, thinks all others so.ā
āHe that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, him not know t, and he's not robbed at all.ā
ā'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed, When not to be, receives reproach of being, And the just pleasure lost, which is so deemed, Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing.ā