"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish the desire to possess."

"The world is full of people who are not going to be happy, but they are going to be happy in their own way."

"We are so presumptuous that we wish to be known to all the world, even to those who will follow us when we are no more."

"The proper study of mankind is man."

"To be a man is to be an object of scorn to the angels, and of envy to the devils."