Our natures lie in motion, without which we die.
Good deeds, when concealed, are the most admirable.
Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.
We never do evil so effectually as when we are led to do it by a false principle of conscience.
We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavor to shine. We labor unceasingly to adorn and preserve this imaginary existence and neglect the real.
How shall one who is so weak in his childhood become really strong when he grows older? We only change our fancies.