It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley; but not at all so to believe or not in God. - Denis Diderot

I give my mind the liberty to follow the first wise or foolish idea that presents itself, just as in the avenue de Foy our dissolute youths follow close on the heels of some strumpet, then leave her to pursue another, attacking all of them and attaching themselves to none. My thoughts are my strumpets.

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.