Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.
The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.
Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.
We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.