"I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them."

"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."

"The human mind cannot be absolutely destroyed with the body, but something of it remains which is eternal."

"The more a thing has perfection, the more it acts, and the less it suffers."

"The greater the emotion, the more strongly are we affected by it."