It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more.

We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.

There are some who speak one moment before they think

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.