True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

The place one's in, though, doesn't make any contribution to peace of mind: it's the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.

The most happy ought to wish for death.

It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.