wit is often its own worst enemy.

Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.

Justice satisfies everybody.

a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.

Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence.