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

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

In the matter of taxation, every privilege is an injustice.