It is the passions that do and undo everything.

A well-cultivated mind is, so to speak, made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only one single mind which has been educated during all this time.

Our sun enlightens the planets that belong to him; why may not every fixed star also have planets to which they give light?

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

Modesty in women has two special advantages,--it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.

It is the passions that do and undo everything.

I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.