It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Better is the enemy of good.

Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.