One is not rich by what one owns, but more by what one is able to do without with dignity.

An action is essentially good if the motive of the agent be good, regardless of the consequences.

No state at war with another state should engage in hostilities of such a kind as to render mutual confidence impossible when peace will have been made.

A man who has tasted with profound enjoyment the pleasure of agreeable society will eat with a greater appetite than he who rode horseback for two hours. An amusing lecture is as useful for health as the exercise of the body.

It is by his activities and not by enjoyment that man feels he is alive. In idleness we not only feel that life is fleeting, but we also feel lifeless.

Beneficence is a duty.

Melancholy characterizes those with a superb sense of the sublime.