Men Should Be Bewailed At Their Birth,

Injustice Towards Others Is A Threat To Everybody

We Must Have Constantly Present In Our Minds The Difference Between Independence And Liberty. Liberty Is A Right Of Doing Whatever The Laws Permit, And If A Citizen Could Do What They Forbid He Would No Longer Be Possessed Of Liberty.

If One Only Wished To Be Happy, This Could Be Easily Accomplished; But We Wish To Be Happier That Other People, And This Is Always Difficult, For We Believe Others To Be Happier Than They Are. You Are Comparing Your Lot With An Ideal Which Is Of Course Better And Therefore You Feel Worse

An Author Is A Fool Who, Not Content With Boring Those He Lives With, Insists On Boring Future Generations.

Solemnity Is The Shield Of Idiots