The effervescence of this fresh wine reveals the true brilliance of the French people.

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

The policy of man consists, at first, in endeavoring to arrive at a state equal to that of animals, whom nature has furnished with food, clothing, and shelter.

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

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.