Common sense is not so common.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

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.

the women are never at a loss, God provides for them, let us run.

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.

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