The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.

Do you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.

Good music is very close to primitive language.

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.

Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.