There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

There is more ado to interpret interpretations than to interpret things, and more books upon books than upon any other subject; we do nothing but comment upon one another. Every place swarms with commentaries; of authors there is great scarcity.

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly.

There is no more expensive thing than a free gift.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.