There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

We are all full of weakness and errors let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

Nature has always had more force than education.