The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is within us; for even if it is small in quantity, in power and preciousness, it far excels all the rest.

Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.

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

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.