History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.

You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

They are mad men (Jews), but you should not burn them for that.

A good imitation is the most perfect originality

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.