Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

One must take all one's life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one's life to learn how to die.

The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.

I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.

Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.

For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.

Be harsh with yourself at times.