Life's like a play; it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Love of action is not industry.

We are members of one great body. Nature planted in us a mutual love, and fitted us for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.