In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

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.

Life is thickly sown with thorns. I know no other remedy than to pass rapidly over them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.

I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.