I feel engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified The eternal silence of these infinite spaces alarms me.

The end point of rationality is to demonstrate the limits of rationality.

All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.

If god does not exist, one loses nothing by believing in him anyway, while if he does exist, one stands to lose everything by not believing.

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.

The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice.

An advocate who has been well paid in advance will find the cause he is pleading all the more just.