We cannot live pleasantly without living wisely and nobly and righteously.

Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

Justice has no independent existence; it results from mutual contracts, and establishes itself wherever there is a mutual engagement to guard against doing or sustaining mutual injury.

Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.