It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.

The war existing between the senses and reason.

Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious.

Unless we love the truth we cannot know it.