A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Petite ville, grand renom. Small town, great renown.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.

Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.