Everything can be borne except contempt.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.