True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
Music the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have below.
There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to...
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man ... courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the...
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.
True happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise it arises in the first place from the enjoyment of one's self and in the next from the friendship and conversations of a few...
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.
A man should always consider ... how much more unhappy he might be than he is.