Consciousness of our powers augments them.
Past happiness augments present wretchedness.
Many of the things that bring delight should not be owned. They are more enjoyed if another's, than if yours; the first day they give pleasure to the owner, but in all the rest to the others: what belongs to another rejoices doubly, because it is without the risk of going stale and with the satisfaction of freshness. . . the possession of things not only diminishes their enjoyment, but augments their annoyance, whether shared or not shared.
Time, which gnaws and diminisheth all things else, augments and increaseth benefits; because a noble action of liberality, done to a man of reason, doth grow continually by his generous thinking of it and remembering it.
Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.
Death augments distance and dulls the memory. Death reconciles.
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
