There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
A man should swallow a toad every morning to be sure of not meeting with anything more revolting in the day ahead.
Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.
His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
Hope is but a charlatan that ceases not to deceive us. For myself happiness only began when I had lost it.
We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.