The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.
Marriage is an institution necessary to the maintenance of society but contrary to the laws of nature.
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
Conscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders.
Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.
Nature endows woman alternately with a particular strength which helps her to suffer and a weakness which counsels her to be resigned.