Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.

The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself.

For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .