Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.
She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.