Virtue has need of limits

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve

Peace is a natural effect of trade

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century

Useless laws weaken necessary laws

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are