Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.

A person well satisfied with themselves is seldom satisfied with others, and others, rarely are with them.

What we take for virtue is often nothing but an assemblage of different actions, and of different interests, that fortune or our industry knows how to arrange.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

If we never flattered ourselves we should have but scant pleasure.

To achieve greatness one should live as if they will never die.