We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure.

No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk.

Two wives? That exceeds the custom.

Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.