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

Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

Virtuous men alone possess friends.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?