It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

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

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.