God defend me from being an honest man according to the description which every day I see made by each man to his own glorification

The soul that has no established aim loses itself

If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not want to be considered either so affectionate or so loyal a servant as to be found fit to betray anyone.

The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.

Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

Man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.