In certain countries, people seem to be think that three asses together make one intelligent person. However, that is completely wrong. Several asses in concreto make the ass in abstracto and that is a most terrifying animal.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

The ramparts of Vienna are crumbling into the sand; no one wants to live so confined, however, the entire country is already surrounded by a Chinese wall!

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

The main reason why men and women make different aesthetic judgments is the fact that the latter, generally incapable of abstraction, only admire what meets their complete approval.