They who have light in themselves will not revolve as satellites.
No possession is gratifying without a companion.
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.
What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.