Everything can be borne except contempt.
The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.
Needless to say since Christ's expiation not one single Christian has been known to sin, or die.