I also know that we must cultivate our garden. For when man was put in the Garden of Eden, he was put there ut operaretur eum, to work; which proves that man was not born for rest.
A man loved by a beautiful woman will always get out of trouble.
The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.