Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.

Men are much more apt to agree in what they do than in what they think.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up

Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.