Indolence is sweet, and its consequences bitter.

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

Minds differ still more than faces.

Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth.

Superstition sets the whole world in flames, but philosophy douses them.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers.