Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive way, we can help make that good future come true.]

Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.

Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act; the other is physical, the power that executes the will to act.

Laws are always useful to those who possess and vexatious to those who have nothing.