Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
Virtue isn't not wronging others but not wishing to wrong others.
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.