Economy is in itself a great source of revenue.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones at hand do more toward a happy life than whole volumes that we know not where to find.

Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.

Revenge is an inhuman word.

Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.

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.