What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.
He, who will not pardon others, must not himself expect pardon.
The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.