Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.

The concept of number is the obvious distinction between the beast and man. Thanks to number, the cry becomes a song, noise acquires rhythm, the spring is transformed into a dance, force becomes dynamic, and outlines figures.

Women have a genius for love; men can only learn the art indifferently.

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination.

Every country has the government it deserves.

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.