Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

He who leaves the game wins it.

Life is a malady in which sleep soothes us every sixteen hours; it is a palliation; death is the remedy.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.

To enjoy and give enjoyment, without injury to yourself or others; this is true morality.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.