Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

It is up to us to cultivate our garden.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

God created sex. Priests created marriage.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

We only half live when we only half think.