...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Settle, for sure and universally, what conduct will promote the happiness of a rational being.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.