I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him

We have our arts, the ancients had theirs... We cannot raise obelisks a hundred feet high in a single piece, but our meridians are more exact.

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.