The English Are Busy Folk; They Have

The Majority Of Men Are More Capable Of Great Actions Than Of Good Ones.

Brutes Are Deprived Of The High Advantages Which We Have; But They Have Some Which We Have Not. They Have Not Our Hopes, But Theyare Without Our Fears; They Are Subject Like Us To Death, But Without Knowing It; Even Most Of Them Are More Attentive Than We To Self-preservation, And Do Not Make So Bad A Use Of Their Passions.

Nature Is Just To All Mankind, And Repays Them For Their Industry. She Renders Them Industrious By Annexing Rewards In Proportion To Their Labor.

I Have Never Known Any Distress That An Hour's Reading Did Not Relieve.

If We Only Wanted To Be Happy, It Would Be Easy; But We Want To Be Happier Than Other People, And That Is Almost Always Difficult, Since We Think Them Happier Than They Are.