Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

I acknowledge that four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what our soul is.

Fame is a heavy burden.

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

It is impossible to translate poetry. Can you translate music?

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.

It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.