Society therefore is an ancient as the world.
It is the first law of friendship that it has to be cultivated. The second is to be indulgent when the first law is neglected.
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.
Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.
We cannot wish for that we know not.