The passions do not die out; they burn out.
Equality is the share of every one at their advent upon earth, and equality is also theirs when placed beneath it.
After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.
It is strange that modesty is the rule for women when what they most value in men is boldness.
The joy of the mind is the measure of its strength.
What is death, after all? We leave only mortals behind us.