What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.
Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.