The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

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

Minds differ still more than faces.

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.