The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.

One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others.

Nothing about me surprises me.

Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance.

Most women wish to feel that their spirit has been violated. Do they not, indeed, flatter themselves on never yielding save to force?

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.