To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.

To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.

If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.