It is a stupid presumption to go about despising and condemning as false anything that seems to us improbable; this is a common fault in those who think they have more intelligence than the crowd.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Stubborn and ardent clinging to one's opinion is the best proof of stupidity.

No wonder, said an Ancient, that chance has so much power over us, since it is by chance that we live.

Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.

The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have no other, and it well answers their purpose. They are often made by fools; still oftener by men who, out of hatred to equality, fail in equity; but always by men, vain and irresolute authors.

To philosophize is to doubt.