As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they are married, and called husband and wife. If during the time of bearing children anything of the sort occur, let the guilty person be punished with a loss of privileges in proportion to the offense.

And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Indeed, we may go further and assert that anyone who does not delight in fine actions is not even a good man.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.