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

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

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

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

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

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.