The people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

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.

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