As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
It is good to be firm by temperament and pliant by reflection.
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.