Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.
There is a pleasure in not being pleased.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.