“A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.”

“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.”

“In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

“What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?”

“Now, my masters, happy man be his dole, say I; every man to his business.”

“In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.”

“Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss.”