...commerce, which is mistakenly classified among the productive forms of work, ought to be ranked first among the parasitical professions like those of monk, soldier, lawyer etc.

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.

It is known that the best nations have always been those which concede the greatest amount of liberty to women.

Certainly in each social period, youth must be made to venerate the dominant absurdities.

Attractions are proportional to destinies.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

Once upon a time people talked about the infallibility of the pope; today it is that of the merchant which they wish to establish.