We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.

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.

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?

The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.