My anger thought you too ignoble for my love, and close examination finds you too magnificent, and only equals are joined together smoothly.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.

In order to succeed in a profession, a person not only needs to have its good, but also its bad qualities. The former are the spirit, the latter is the body of the job.

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

Servants honor their master by their service.

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

What are the characteristics of today's world so that one may recognize it by them?" It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.