I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.

Though I may not be a king in my future life, so much the better: I shall nevertheless live an active life and, on top of it, earn less ingratitude.

The people say what they like and then I do what I like

I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.

God is always with the strongest battalions.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

An educated people can be easily governed.