Men appear to prefer ruining one another's fortunes, and cutting each other's throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness.
The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.
Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.