I grant men the land, the government, the wealth, all the chances. I accept that you have to hold all the cards, since that's the only way you know h….

Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it..

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die..

Nowadays what isn't worth saying is sung..

Honest men love women; those who deceive them adore them..

I would rather worry without need than live without heed..

Can love and peace live in the same heart? Youth is unhappy because it is faced with this terrible choice; love without peace, or peace without love..

I make myself laugh at everything, so that I do not weep..

Be commonplace and creeping and you'll be a success..

Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough..

Without the freedom to criticize, there is no true praise..

Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick..

If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it..

To make a living, craftiness is better than learnedness..

It is by no means necessary to understand things to speak confidently about them..

The same wind that extinguishes a light can set a brazier on fire..

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry..

It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them..

A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day..

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything..

Calumniate, calumniate; there will always be something which sticks..