It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.
Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
The multiplicity of facts and writings is become so great that every thing must soon be reduced to extracts and dictionaries.
I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.
All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.