There is nothing very odd about lambs disliking birds of prey, but this is no reason for holding it against large birds of prey that they carry off lambs. And when the lambs whisper among themselves, "These birds of prey are evil, and does this not give us a right to say that whatever is the opposite of a bird of prey must be good," there is nothing intrinsically wrong with such an argument-though the birds of prey will look somewhat quizzically and say, We have nothing against these good lambs; in fact, we love them; nothing tastes better than a tender lamb.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

One can also be undignified and flattering toward a virtue.

Exhaustion is the shortest way to equality and fraternity.

The reason adultery is immoral is that it might lead to marriage.

Clever people are never credited with their follies: what a deprivation of human rights!

It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.