I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

But nothing is more estimable than a physician who, having studied nature from his youth, knows the properties of the human body, the diseases which assail it, the remedies which will benefit it, exercises his art with caution, and pays equal attention to the rich and the poor.

Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world.

The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

A small number of choice books are sufficient.