Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones.

Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

For our improvement we need a mirror.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

To buy books would be a good thing if we could also buy the time to read them; but the purchase of books is often mistaken for the assimilation and mastering of their contents.

My body and my will are one.

Mostly the loss teaches us only about the value of things.