Philosophy easily triumphs over past and future ills; but present ills triumph over philosophy.

Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

To know oneself is not necessarily to improve oneself

We pardon to the extent that we love.

Moderation is caused by the fear of exciting the envy and contempt which those merit who are intoxicated with their good fortune; it is a vain display of our strength of mind, and in short the moderation of men at their greatest height is only a desire to appear greater than their fortune.

We pardon as long as we love.

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.