When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not?

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

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

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

Only your friends steal your books.