I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person
One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.
To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.
The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.
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.
It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.