He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for doing nothing differs little in my eyes from a brigand, who lives at the expense of passers-by.

Men will argue more philosophically about the human heart; but women will read the heart of man better than they.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.

Do to others as you would have others do to you, inspires all men with that other maxim of natural goodness a great deal less perfect, but perhaps more useful: Do good to yourself with as little prejudice as you can to others.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.