Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?
Wit does not take the place of knowledge.
One promises much, to avoid giving little.
To withdraw ourselves from the law of the strong, we have found ourselves obliged to submit to justice. Justice or might, we must choose between these two masters.
Habit is everything, even in love.
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.