All our troubles come from not being able to be alone.

A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.

All the unhappiness of men arises from one single fact, that they cannot stay quietly in their own chamber.

To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.

The origins of disputes between philosophers is, that one class of them have undertaken to raise man by displaying his greatness, and the other to debase him by showing his miseries.

To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.