Almost all life depends on probabilities.

You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.

Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.

The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.