We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.

Attractions are proportional to destinies.

Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

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

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