I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.

You say I'm small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you standtoo low.

Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home, but abroad one gets to know oneself.

Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens.

Boundless in your charity, but shrewd and cautious as a lender, you delight all those today whom you made beggars the day before.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

Morality, a muzzle for the will; logic, a climbing iron for the mind.