I love him who maketh his virtue his inclination and destiny: thus, for the sake of his virtue, he is willing to live on, or live no more.

Our body is simply a social structure made of many souls.

The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune.

The heart and hand of those who always mete out become callous from always meting out.

It is only those who know how to feel that "this is not good" who devise improvements.

In a certain state it is indecent to live longer.

The hypocrite who always plays one and the same part ceases at last to be a hypocrite.