We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a ….

When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and self-denial have not reali….

Man's grandeur is that he knows himself to be miserable..

Eloquence is a way of saying things in such a way, first, that those to whom we speak may listen to them without pain and with pleasure, and second, ….

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness..

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter..

The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others..

Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us..

The mind must not be forced; artificial and constrained manners fill it with foolish presumption, through unnatural elevation and vain and ridiculous….

The only thing which consoles for our miseries is diversion, and yet this is the greatest of our miseries. For it is this which principally hinders u….

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false imag….

Amusement allures and deceives us and leads us down imperceptibly in thoughtlessness to the grave.

Admiration spoils all from infancy..

Flies are so mighty that they win battles, paralyse our minds, eat up our bodies..

The Christian's God does not merely consist of a God who is the Author of mathematical truths and the order of the elements. The God of Abraham, the ….

Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might..

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted..

A town, a landscape are when seen from afar a town and a landscape; but as one gets nearer, there are houses, trees, tiles leaves, grasses, ants, leg….

If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God.

Anyone who found the secret of rejoicing when things go well without being annoyed when they go badly would have found the point..

Fashion is a tyrant from which nothing frees us. We must suit ourselves to its fantastic tastes. But being compelled to live under its foolish laws, ….