There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc. It does not behoove us, who were only savages and barbarians when these Indians and Chinese peoples were civilized and learned, to dispute their antiquity.

It would be very singular that all nature, all the planets, should obey eternal laws, and that there should be a little animal five feet high, who, in contempt of these laws, could act as he pleased, solely according to his caprice.

When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.

Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too.

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.

You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.