"I detest the great, their condition, their maxims, their vices, and I should detest them still more if I were one of them."

"If there is any state in the world where a man can enjoy the full exercise of his faculties, it is the one where he is least dependent on others."

"The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade."

"The less men know, the more they believe."

"The greatest danger for a woman is to be too beautiful."