The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility.

Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a certain choleric vehemence, the heathen Greeks may well be called happy optimists.

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

There shall be no slave in your home, male or female: Least of all the mother of your son.

History is the zoology of the human race.

Since people no longer attend church, theater remains as the only public service, and literature as the only private devotion.

Do hurry and proclaim the concordat. Then castrate yourselves to keep from sinning.