I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

The happiest is he who suffers least; the most miserable is he who enjoys least.

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius.

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.