The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

Peter had a genius for imitation; but he lacked true genius, which is creative and makes all from nothing.

The empire of woman is an empire of softness, of address, of complacency. Her commands are caresses, her menaces are tears.

Men speak from knowledge, women from imagination.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.