The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.
If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because there is nothing to be gained by him.
The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.
Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.
Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.