Happy are the people whose annals are boring to read

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.