The breeding we give young people is ordinarily but an additional self-love, by which we make them have a better opinion of themselves.

We have more indolence in the mind than in the body.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.

Solemnity is a device of the body to hide the faults of the mind.

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort.