At the sight of what goes on in the world, the most misanthropic of men must end by being amused, and Heraclitus must die laughing.

Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.

Where violence reigns, reason is weak.

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

Do you think that revolutions are made with rose water?

And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead (suicide note)

A man without nobility cannot have kindliness; he can only have good nature.