Opinion is, as it were, the queen of the world, but force is its tyrant.

And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?

Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to make him happy in it; if that man is left at any time without occupation or amusement, and reflects on what he is, the meagre, languid felicity of his present lot will not bear him up. He will turn necessarily to gloomy anticipations of the future; and unless his occupation calls him out of himself, he is inevitably wretched.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.

If we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.