Fame compensates for a column of wants.

Every leader of a great revolution is a fanatic and a Jesuit.

No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.

when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.

The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.

Fame compensates for a column of wants.