So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.
Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.
Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
What is true belongs to me!
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.