If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because there is nothing to be gained by him.
A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.
Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise for interpreting laws is almost always to corrupt them.
We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.