“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.”

“People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.”

“One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom”

“Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.”

“To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.”