But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

The hand is the visible part of the brain.

Melancholy characterizes those with a superb sense of the sublime.

Procrastination is hardly more evil than grasping impatience.

Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.

I feel a complete thirst for knowledge and an eager unrest to go further in it as well as satisfaction at every acquisition. There was a time when I believed that this alone could constitute the honor of mankind, and I had contempt for the ignorant rabble who know nothing.