"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation."

"The first step, my son, which one takes in the world, is to make oneself necessary."

"We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature."

"Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause."

"The public is a ferocious beast; one must chain it up or flee from it."