I call him free who is led solely by reason.
Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.
No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
The proper study of a wise man is not how to die but how to live.
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak.
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.