True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
Errors flies from mouth to mouth, from pen to pen, and to destroy it takes ages.
Come! you presence will either give me life or kill me with pleasure.
What is faith? Is it to believe that which is evident? No. It is perfectly evident to my mind that there exists a necessary, eternal, supreme, and intelligent being. This is no matter of faith, but of reason.
Antiquity is full of the praises of another antiquity still more remote.