“The important question is not what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount”

“A birthday: and now a day that rose with much of hope, with meaning rife. A thoughtful day from dawn to close: the middle day of human life”

“A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage”

“The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas”

“Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be happy”

“A life without love is like a year without summer.”