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.

A German singer! I should as soon expect to get pleasure from the neighing of my horse.

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.

My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please.

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.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

Our work is to present things that are as they are.