It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.

The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.