The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.

It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals him from us; our sight breaks and is dissipated by it being filled and arrested by this strong light.

The religion of my doctor or my lawyer cannot matter. That consideration has nothing in common with the functions of the friendship they owe me.

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.

A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.