The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.