That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.

A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.