Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you.

I also know that we should cultivate our gardens.

The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.

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