We should be considerate to the living; to the dead we owe only the truth.

A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.