No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

Life without the courage for death is slavery.

There is no power greater than true affection.

It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.

True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.