"In today's society we sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason we stop laughing"

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity"

"All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual"

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer"

"Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence"

"Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves"

"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"

"Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion"

"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another"

"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile"

"The reconnection of society, economy and ethics is a project we cannot postpone"