Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

We must cultivate our own garden.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.