In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.

Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion.

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.