If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.

To hold a pen is to be at war.

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.