Nature, Which Alone Is Good,

When A Soldier Complains Of His Hard Life (or A Labourer, Etc.) Try Giving Him Nothing To Do.

Mankind Suffers From Two Excesses: To Exclude Reason, And To Live By Nothing But Reason.

Flies Are So Mighty That They Win Battles, Paralyse Our Minds, Eat Up Our Bodies.

All Of Our Miseries Prove Our Greatness. They Are The Miseries Of A Dethroned Monarch.

It Is Not Only Old And Early Impressions That Deceive Us; The Charms Of Novelty Have The Same Power.