Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

In certain pious people I have found a hatred of reason, and have been favourably disposed to them for it: their bad intellectual conscience was at least exposed by that!

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

Why is it that wellnesses are not as contagious as illnesses--generally speaking, but also especially regarding taste? Or are there epidemics of health?

In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.