The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

When we are sick our virtues and our vices are in abeyance.

The falsest of all philosophies is that which, under the pretext of delivering men from the embarrassment of their passions, counsels idleness and the abandonment and neglect of themselves.

It cannot be a vice in men to be sensible of their strength.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.