In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.