How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!
We rise to fortune by successive steps; we descend by only one.
To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.
Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.
Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.
Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.