In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.
Virtue between men is a commerce of good actions: he who has no part in this commerce must not be reckoned.
An infallible method of making fanatics is to persuade before you instruct.
Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.
Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.
The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.