“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.”

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

“The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.”

“A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.”

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

“True benevolence, or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathises with the distress of every creature capable of sensation”

“A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.”