It is difficult to persuade mankind that the love of virtue is the love of themselves.
I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
The works of nature must all be accounted good.
The science of love is the philosophy of the heart
Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.