The less men think, the more they talk.

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

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

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.