I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.

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

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

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.

Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.

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