Nature offers nothing that can be called this man's rather than another's; but under nature everything belongs to all.

The greater emotion with which we conceive a loved object to be affected toward us, the greater will be our complacency.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Desire nothing for yourself, which you do not desire for others.

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible ; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another.

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