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

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.

This dog, which, although no beauty, was of an uncommon breed, I had made my friend and companion; and it certainly deserved the name better than the majority of those who had assumed it.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Gracefulness cannot subsist without ease; delicacy is not debility; nor must a woman be sick in order to please. Infirmity, and sickness may excite our pity, but desire and pleasure require the bloom and vigor of health.

Abstract truth is the eye of reason.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.