Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a whole kingdom into hypocrites.

If it's too silly to be said, it can always be sung.

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

Whatever you do, trample down abuses, and love those who love you. Different translation: Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing superstition, and love those who love you.

What can we say with certainty?