Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.
Justice without wisdom is impossible.
Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.
To be happy is not the purpose for which you are placed in this world.
Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.
Human improvement is from within outward.