As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.
A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's.
It does not prove a thing to be right because the majority say it is so.
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
Man is an imitative creature.
We must bear what Heaven sends.