Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.

True power and true politeness are above vanity.