It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.
Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada.