"We are all born with a thirst for happiness, but we are all born with a thirst for something we cannot find on earth."

"We are so presumptuous that we would like to be known by all the world, and even by people who will come after us when we are no more."

"If our condition were truly happy, we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it."

"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the world's supreme blessings."

"Imagination decides everything."