Solemnity is the shield of idiots

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse

Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody

It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.

The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.