"Custom is our nature. He who is accustomed to faith believes in it, and can no longer fear hell, and does not believe in anything else. And he who is accustomed to sin regards it as nothing, and can n…"

"Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently one wishes to know only to talk."

"It is not good to be too free."

"What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth, depository of truth, a sewer of uncerta…"

"The only good philosophy is that which makes fun of philosophy."