All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.

The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.