We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.

It is proof of a narrow mind when things worthy of esteem are distinguished from things worthy of love. Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.

Hope deceives more men than cunning does.

Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

Persevere in the fight, struggle on, do not let go, think magnanimously of man and life, for man is good and life is affluent and fruitful.

Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.