The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dice box in hand, shaking the dice.

There is only one virtue, justice; only one duty, to be happy; only one corollary, not to overvalue life and not to fear death.

It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.

Philosophy is as far separated from impiety as religion is from fanaticism.

Time, matter, space - all, it may be, are no more than a point.

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.