“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”

“The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover”

“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, in the enjoyment of one's self, and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”

“Reading is to the mind what exerise is to the body.”

“Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind.”

“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”