Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?

When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.

Heaven made virtue; man, the appearance.

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.

Wine is the divine juice of September.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.