The best path through life is the highway.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

Philosophy means the complete liberty of the mind.

Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth.

A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

Man is a passion which brings a will into play, which works an intelligence.

The philosopher aspires to explain away all mysteries, to dissolve them into light. Mystery on the other hand is demanded and pursued by the religious instinct; mystery constitutes the essence of worship, the power of proselytism.