The bad gives rise to the good, the good inspires the better, the better produces the excellent, the excellent is followed by the bizarre

I feel, I think, I judge; therefore, a part of organized matter like me is capable of feeling, thinking, and judging.

The world is the house of the strong.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

If reason be a gift of Heaven, and we can say as much of faith, Heaven has certainly made us two gifts not only incompatible, but in direct contradiction to each other. In order to solve the difficulty, we are compelled to say either that faith is a chimera or that reason is useless.

A thing is not proved because no one has ever questioned it... Skepticism is the first step toward truth.

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