The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

Justice is the bread of the nation; it is always hungry for it.

The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.