Peace is freedom in tranquility.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen!
The first duty of man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
Whatever befalls in accordance with nature should be accounted good.