It Is Passion That Makes Man Live;

Marriage Follows On Love As Smoke On Flame.

Pleasure May Come From Illusion, But Happiness Can Come Only Of Reality.

If It Were Not For The Government, We Should Have Nothing To Laugh At In France.

Too Elevated Qualities Often Unfit A Man For Society. We Do Not Go To Market With Ingots, But With Silver And Small Change.

A Good Number Of Works Owe Their Success To The Mediocrity Of Their Authors' Ideas, Which Match The Mediocrity Of Those Of The General Public.