The Pure Soul Is A Pure Lie.

Do Whatever You Will, But First Be Such As Are Able To Will.

All In All, Punishment Hardens And Renders People More Insensible; It Concentrates; It Increases The Feeling Of Estrangement; It Strengthens The Power Of Resistance.

Someone Who Does Not Write Books, Who Thinks A Lot, And Who Lives In Unsatisfying Society Will Usually Be A Good Letter- Writer.

Great Men's Errors Are To Be Venerated As More Fruitful Than Little Men's Truths.

Genteel Women Suppose That Those Things Do Not Really Exist About Which It Is Impossible To Talk In Polite Company.