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

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

We feel and know that we are eternal.