Fools admire everything in an author of reputation.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.