He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing .

It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

Thanks be to blessed Nature that she has made what is necessary easy to obtain, and what is not easy unnecessary.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to meet the morrow most cheerfully.