He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.

There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.

The proper study of a wise man is not how to die but how to live.

We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character: for obedience is the constant will to execute what, by the general decree of the commonwealth, ought to be done.