If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.

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 only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.

Nothing is more annoying than to be obscurely hanged.