“Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler”

“Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.”

“Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.”

“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”

“A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.”

“It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.”

“Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is conferred.”