Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.

He who dies before many witnesses always does so with courage.

Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are.