To Possess Taste, One Must Have Some

The Favorites Of Fortune Or Of Fame Topple From Their Pedestals Before Our Eyes Without Diverting Us From Ambition.

Every Thought Is New When An Author Expresses It In A Manner Peculiar To Himself.

You Can Purchase The Mind Of Pascal For A Crown. Pleasures Even Cheaper Are Sold To Those Who Give Themselves Up To Them. It Is Only Luxuries And Objects Of Caprice That Are Rare And Difficult To Obtain; Unfortunately They Are The Only Things That Touch The Curiosity And Taste Of Ordinary Men.

The Character Of False Wit Is That Of Appearing To Depend Only Upon Reason.

With Kings, Nations, And Private Individuals, The Strongest Assume To Themselves Rights Over The Weakest, And The Same Rule Is Followed By Animals, By Matter, By The Elements, So That Everything Is Performed In The Universe By Violence. And That Order Which We Blame With Some Appearance Of Justice Is The Most Universal, Most Absolute, Most Unchangeable, And Most Ancient Law Of Nature.