Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

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.

Shakespeare's fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.

First move me, astonish me, break my heart, let me tremble, weep, stare, be enraged-only then regale my eyes.

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.

How easy it is to tell tales!