It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

If anyone conceives, that an object of his love joins itself to another with closer bonds of friendship than he himself has attained to, he will be affected with hatred towards the loved object and with envy towards his rival.

He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.

We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don

We feel and know that we are eternal.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by means of love, fights with pleasure and confidence; he resists equally one or many men, and scarcely needs at all the help of fortune. Those whom he conquers yield joyfully