Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
Who doesn't know anything, has to believe everything.
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
To accept reason is impossible if you don't already possess it.
He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.
To be satisfied with little is hard, to be satisfied with a lot is impossible.