Constant happiness is the philosopher's stone of the soul.
Changing a habit is hard work. But it's harder to find work that would be more fulfilling
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.
This is no time to be making new enemies.
Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.
Society therefore is an ancient as the world.