Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.

It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.

Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.

What is true belongs to me!