Satire is the disease of art.

The majority of the books of our time give one the impression of having been manufactured in a day out of books read the day before.

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.

Secrecy is best taught by starting with ourselves.