We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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.
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.