Everyone is deceived in his hopes, cheated in his expectations.

The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

A reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace.

Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.