If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
To make a vow for life is to make oneself a slave.
The superfluous is the most necessary.
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.
I never approved either the errors of his book, or the trivial truths he so vigorously laid down. I have, however, stoutly taken his side when absurd men have condemned him for these same truths.