If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.

There are but three events which concern man: birth, life and death. They are unconscious of their birth, they suffer when they die, and they neglect to live.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.

False glory is the rock of vanity; it seduces men to affect esteem by things which they indeed possess, but which are frivolous, and which for a man to value himself on would be a scandalous error.

The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it?