To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.

The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.

That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.

Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.

I loved too sincerely, too completely, I venture to say, to be able to be happy easily.