The necessity of saying something, the embarrassment produced by the consciousness of having nothing to say, and the desire to exhibit ability, are three things sufficient to render even a great man ridiculous.

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

My life is a struggle.

It is ourselves alone that make our days lucky or unlucky. Away, then, with a vain prejudice, the invention of the priesthood, which has been transmitted by our ancestors to an ignorant people.

Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.

All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.