A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.

History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady.

Wine is the divine juice of September.