Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.

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

Let reason govern desire.

As a philosopher, I have a right to ask for a rational explanation of religious faith.

The spirit is the true self.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.