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 rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a whole kingdom into hypocrites.

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

To succeed in chaining the multitude, you must seem to wear the same fetters.

No, nothing has the power to part me from you; our love is based upon virtue, and will last as long as our lives.

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs