God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.

Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.

I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.