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

The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.

If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state.

Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a great deal less perfect, but perhaps more useful: Do good to yourself with as little prejudice as you can to others.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

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.