A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

Every beauty, when out of it's place, is a beauty no longer.

The only reward to be expected from literature is contempt if one fails and hatred if one succeeds.

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice.

I read these words which are the sum of all moral philosophy, and which cut short all the disputes of the casuists: When in doubt if an action is good or bad, refrain.

He who seeks truth should be of no country.

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.