Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

had no need of a guide to learn ignorance

The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

You see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!