The Pope is an idol whose hands are tied and whose feet are kissed.

The harmony of a concert, to which you listen with delight, must have on certain classes of minute animals the effect of terrible thunder; perhaps it kills them.

The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive.

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.