Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.