 We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature. |
| In every author let us distinguish the man from his works. |
| God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. |
| It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. |
| He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. |
| Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. |
| The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error. |
| When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. |
| Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. |
| What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous. |
| In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. |
| The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. |
| As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. |
| Better is the enemy of good. |
| To hold a pen is to be at war. |
| Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool. |
| Clever tyrants are never punished. |
| We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard. |
| I hate women because they always know where things are. |
| The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. |
