It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
Everything can be borne except contempt.
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
Common sense is not so common.
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.