Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.

It is amusing that a virtue is made of the vice of chastity; and it's a pretty odd sort of chastity at that, which leads men straight into the sin of Onan, and girls to the waning of their color.

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.