Suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.

Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.

I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature.

The only way round is through.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind than on the externals in the world.

By nature, I suppose I have a languorous disposition.