Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free.

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.