Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.

To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

History is fables agreed upon.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

The Jews are of all peoples the grosses, the most ferocious, the most fanatical, and the most absurd.

He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.