It is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood, which has been transmitted by our ancestors to an ignorant people.
The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.
I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
Let us cultivate our garden.
Almost all life depends on probabilities.