In the mind there is no absolute or free will.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Freedom is self-determination.

We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

He who seeks to regulate everything by law is more likely to arouse vices than to reform them. It is best to grant what cannot be abolished, even though it be in itself harmful. How many evils spring from luxury, envy, avarice, drunkenness and the like, yet these are tolerated because they cannot be prevented by legal enactments.