All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
If we would destroy the Christian religion, we must first of all destroy man's belief in the Bible.
In France every man is either an anvil or a hammer; he is a beater or must be beaten.
Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.