1022  The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

1068  A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

1068  As soon as there is life there is danger.

1029  A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

1072  It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.