The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.
Cities are the sinks of the human race.
From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.
Nature's instructions are always slow; those of men are generally premature.
Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.