The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.