We are born subjects, and to obey God is perfect liberty. He that does this shall be free, safe and happy.
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
Successful villany is called virtue.
A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.