Any civilized administration, however organized, prefers its own good to that of the people.

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

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

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

Attractions are proportional to destinies.

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

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