Pleasure dies at the very moment when it charms us most.
A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.
...nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.
It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.