The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

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

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Let us meet four times a year in a grand temple with music, and thank God for all his gifts. There is one sun. There is one God. Let us have one religion. Then all mankind will be brethren.

When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?

To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.