He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.

It is in the enjoyment and not in mere possession that makes for happiness.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

Peoples nurtured on freedom and self-government judge any other form of polity to be deformed and unnatural. Those who are used to monarchy do the same .

I determine nothing; I do not comprehend things; I suspend judgment; I examine.

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

Women when they marry buy a cat in the bag.