Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.
Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever.
If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.
The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.
How many fools does it take to make up a public?
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.