I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.
I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.
The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.
The most amazing and effective inventions are not those which do most honour to the human genius.
The way to be a bore is to say everything.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.