For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives.

True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him