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

The idea, which constitutes the actual being of the human mind, is not simple, but compounded of a great number of ideas.

I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.

The things which ... are esteemed as the greatest good of all ... can be reduced to these three headings, to wit : Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

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

The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed along with the body, but something of it remains, which is eternal.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.