Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of sentient beings, without which the entire human species would soon be destroyed.