Que sçais-je?" (What do I know?)

It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.

Tis the taste of effeminacy that disrelishes ordinary and accustomed things.

Courtesy, like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and inclination to love one another at the first sight, and in the very beginning of our acquaintance and familiarity; and, consequently, that which first opens the door for us to better ourselves by the example of others, if there be anything in the society worth notice

Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.

Kings and philosophers defecate, and so do ladies.

Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being.