One may demand of me that I should seek truth, but not that I should find it

A nation which thinks that it is belief in God and not good law which makes people honest does not seem to me very advanced.

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

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

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

Isn't it better to have men being ungrateful than to miss a chance to do good?

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