Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.