The true charter of liberty is independence, maint — Voltaire

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one. It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ‘The Leningrad Notebooks’ (c .1735–50) in T. Besterman (ed.) Voltaire’s Notebook (2nd ed., 1968) vol. 2, p. 455 When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. Who has not the spirit of his age, Of his age has all the unhappiness. 12 Letter to Madame du Châtelet

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. Albert Einstein No one loves the man whom he fears. Aristóteles A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristóteles Do not wait for the last judgement. It comes every day. Albert Camus