Needless to say since Christ's expiation not one single Christian has been known to sin, or die.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.

The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

History should be written as philosophy.