 It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. |
| An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. |
| A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. |
| How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime! |
| There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge. |
| The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre. |
| The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage. Topics: Courage |
| There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state. |
| Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. |
| I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy. |
| The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom. |
| I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing. |
| Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. |
| In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum. |
| How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables. |
| It is not death, it is dying that alarms me. |
| There is no passion so contagious as that of fear. |
| My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. |
| I quote others only in order the better to express myself. |
| One may be humble out of pride. |
