Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.

When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?

For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.