Love has features which pierce all hearts; he wears a bandage, which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings; he comes quickly and flies away the same.
Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Let the law never be contradictory to custom: for if the custom be good, the law is worthless.
Labor keeps us free three of the great evils; tiresomeness, vice, and want.
It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot we must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished who kill not in large companies, and to the sound of trumpets; it is the rule.
It is better to run the risk of sparing the guilty than to condemn an innocent.
In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.
Happiness is not the portion of man.
Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.
Faith consists in believing things because they are impossible.
Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient.
