Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

Love is nothing but joy accompanied with the idea of an eternal cause.

In so far as the mind sees things in their eternal aspect, it participates in eternity.

Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.