Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals, and then spread to our Europe, where some fanatics espoused it, where some intriguers pretended to be convinced by it and where some imbeciles actually believed it.

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

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

A king is the first servant and first magistrate of the state.

Everybody is using coffee. If possible, this must be prevented. My people must drink beer.

In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.

It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.