Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

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

You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.

If the weather is too cold or rainy, I take shelter in the Regence Cafe, where I entertain myself by watching chess being played. Paris is the world center, and this cafe is the Paris centre for the finest skill at this game.

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.

A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.

The man who first pronounced the barbarous word God ought to have been immediately destroyed.