No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

Who timidly requests invites refusal.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.

Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.

The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.

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.

The part of life which we really live is short.