To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

The public have neither shame or gratitude.

Mankind are a herd of knaves and fools. It is necessary to join the crowd, or get out of their way, in order not to be trampled to death by them.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

It is well there is no one without fault; for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to s different species.