Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it

Happiness is the highest good

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.