The world remains ever the same.

Only law can give us freedom.

Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

Enjoy what thou has inherited from thy sires if thou wouldn't really possess it. What we employ and use is never an oppressive burden; what the moment brings forth, that only can it profit by.

If youth is a fault, it is one that one gets rid of soon enough.

Love does not rule; but it trains, and that is more.