Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.

Those who know the true use of money, and regulate the measure of wealth according to their needs, live contented with few things.

Yet nature cannot be contravened, but preserves a fixed and immutable order.

I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but is virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain from our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore we are able to restrain them.