Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.

To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.

When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

We are better able to study our neighbors than ourselves, and their actions than our own.

In painting, the most brilliant colors, spread at random and without design, will give far less pleasure than the simplest outline of a figure.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.

When Pleasure is at the bar the jury is not impartial.