There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
Up to a certain point every man is what he thinks he is.
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbors.
The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
Where everything is bad it must be good to know the worst.