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.

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

The conscience of the dying belies their life.

We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.

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