Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for the contents of the book. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.

History is fables agreed upon.

All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.