Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.

Families, I hate you! Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself.

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.