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.

It is disgusting to note the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects and the amount of money that goes out of the country in consequence. Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.

A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.

Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.

An educated people can be easily governed.

It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.