Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Against great advantages in another, there are no means of defending ourselves except love.

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

Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born

The misfortune in the state is, that nobody can enjoy life in peace, but that everybody must govern; and in art, that nobody will enjoy what has been produced, but that every one wants to reproduce on his own account.

The art of living rightly is like all arts; it must be learned and practiced with incessant care.