Wickedness sucks in the greater part of its own venom and poisons itself therewith

To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom.

I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.

And with Epicurus, I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures

I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.