To the wicked, everything serves as pretext.
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.
A witty saying proves nothing.
He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
The superfluous, a very necessary thing.
Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
