The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Hope is a waking dream.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Those who educate children well are to be honoured more than parents, for parents only gave life, and teachers, the art of living well.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.