“One who makes no mistakes makes nothing at all”

“one who makes no mistakes makes nothing”

“The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.”

“Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy.”

“Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.”

“We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.”

“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.”