I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person
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.
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
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.