I can approve of those only who seek in tears for happiness.
Losses are comparative; imagination only makes them of any moment.
The statements of atheists ought to be perfectly clear of doubt. Now it is not perfectly clear that the soul is material.
What are our natural principles but principles of custom?
All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.
All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.