Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.

Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

History is the study of the world's crime

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.