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

For a wrongdoer to be undetected is difficult; and for him to have confidence that his concealment will continue is impossible.

Many friends are the key to happiness

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

The summit of pleasure is the elimination of all that gives pain.