Honor Is Unknown In Despotic States.

There Is Hardly Any Grief That An Hour's Reading Will Not Dissipate.

I Never Listen To Calumnies, Because If They Are Untrue I Run The Risk Of Being Deceived, And If They Be True, Of Hating Persons Not Worth Thinking About.

False Happiness Renders Men Stern And Proud, And That Happiness Is Never Communicated. True Happiness Renders Them Kind And Sensible, And That Happiness Is Always Shared.

There Is No Nation So Powerful, As The One That Obeys Its Laws Not From Principals Of Fear Or Reason, But From Passion.

Raillery Is A Mode Of Speaking In Favor Of One's Wit At The Expense Of One's Better Nature.