How Narrow Our Souls Become When Absorbed

It Is Simpler And Easier To Flatter People Than To Praise Them.

Sleep, Riches, And Health, To Be Truly Enjoyed, Must Be Interrupted.

It Is Not The End Of Joy That Makes Old Age So Sad, But The End Of Hope.

Sorrows Gather Around Great Souls As Storms Do Around Mountains; But, Like Them, They Break The Storm And Purify The Air Of The Plain Beneath Them.

Nations And Men Are Only The Best When They Are The Gladdest, And Deserve Heaven When They Enjoy It.