If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

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

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

In the fine arts, as in many other things, we know well only what we have not learned.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

Were a man to consult only his reason, who would marry? For myself, I wouldn't marry, for fear of having a son who resembled me.