The Knowledge Of Sin Is The Beginning

A Strict Belief In Fate Is The Worst Of Slavery, Imposing Upon Our Necks An Everlasting Lord And Tyrant, Whom We Are To Stand In Awe Of Night And Day.

To Be Rich Is Not The End, But Only A Change, Of Worries.

The Things You Really Need Are Few And Easy To Come By; But The Things You Can Imagine You Need Are Infinite, And You Will Never Be Satisfied.

Misfortune Seldom Intrudes Upon The Wise Man; His Greatest And Highest Interests Are Directed By Reason Throughout The Course Of Life.

I Spit Upon Luxurious Pleasures, Not For Their Own Sake, But Because Of The Inconveniences That Follow Them.