What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

Envy honors the dead in order to insult the living.

To be loved, we should merit but little esteem; all superiority attracts awe and aversion.

Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.

Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

Education made us what we are.