The conscience of the dying belies their life.

Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?

Reason and emotion counsel and supplement each other. Whoever heeds only the one, and puts aside the other, recklessly deprives himself of a portion of the aid granted us for the regulation of our conduct.

Despair is the greatest of our errors.

Some authors regard morality in the same light as we regard modern architecture. Convenience is the first thing to be looked for.