The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.

He who blushes is already guilty.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Many men, seemingly impelled by fortune, hasten forward to meet misfortune half way.

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people.

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