What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.