The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
True power and true politeness are above vanity.
Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.
War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.
A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.