I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

There can be no happiness without good health

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.