A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one__ life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

As a species, wise, harmonious progress is our mission.

The worship of power is an old religion.

Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...