I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.
Ambition is the immoderate desire for honor.
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.