89 quotes found
“A man should always consider ... how much more unhappy he might be than he is.”
“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.”
“If I can in any way contribute to the Diversion or Improvement of the Country in which I live I shall leave it when I am summoned out of it with the secret Satisfaction of thinking that I have n...”
“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.”
“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 f...”
“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do something to love and something to hope for.”
“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.”
“There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good nature or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to in...”
“Young men soon give and soon forget affronts Old age is slow in both.”
“There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.”
“Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity.”
“What sunshine is to flowers smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles to be sure but scattered along life's pathway the good they do is inconceivable.”
“As vivacity is the gift of women gravity is that of men.”
“If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend.”
“A day an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.”
“Music the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have below.”
“All of heaven we have below.”
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
“And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”
“Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”
