Praise the beautiful for their intelligence and the intelligent for their beauty.

Man is free; but not unless he believes he is[.]

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.