All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are ... punished by fear.
A great man is always willing to be little.
It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving at the motive, the character, the secret self. We call the tree good from its fruits, and the man, from his works.
Whatever limits us we call fate.
In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.
The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between sincere people.