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

I loved him as we always love the first time: with idolatry and wild passion.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

What can we say with certainty?

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.