Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.

He who disguises tyranny, protection, or even benefits under the air and name of friendship reminds me of the guilty priest who poisoned the sacramental bread.

Satire is the disease of art.

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.

The threat of a neglected cold is for doctors what the threat of purgatory is for priests-a gold mine.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.

In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.