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

There is no power greater than true affection.

We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom.

Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.

There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.