That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.

Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.

Unjust rule does not last forever.

When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.

As many servants so many enemies.

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort. To want simply what is enough nowadays suggests to people primitiveness and squalor.

That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.