The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned.

Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.