Books are the children of reason.
When doctors talk about religion, they are like butchers philosophizing about life and death.
When someone drew the attention of a rather influential person that the people were dissatisfied, he retorted: "What can I say, there are a few donkeys sitting at the bart and talking nonsense and already it seems to them that their talk is the voice of the people."
When we aspire to something, this something appears to us exclusively in a favorable light; but once the goal is achieved, only the negative aspects of what was done jump into our eyes.
When old people get together and start to remember events from their youth we think how happy those times were compared to now.
When I read a book, whether it's smart or stupid, I feel like it's alive and talking to me.
If it is true that the great significance of our religion lies in the union of the spiritual and the human, it is strange that some spiritual treatises are completely devoid of humanity.
Criticism is a tax that a famous man pays to the public.
In addition to real diseases, we are exposed to a lot of imaginary diseases.
They say that flattery is the food of fools, but many educated people are ready to have at least a Sunday of this food from time to time.
Only a very few are alive today. Most are preparing to live later.
The favorite pastime of men, children, and other such animals is fighting.
It is very easy to drive people out of their minds who enjoy all the goods of life; it's a bit harder to do them at will.
Louis XIV King of France, dedicates his life to turning his good name into a famous one.
The wise man is least lonely when he is alone.
I was never given to see, hear, or read in books that the clergy enjoyed love in a Christian country. Only persecuted priests can win the sympathy of the people.
Many people go to great lengths to hide their intelligence than to hide their stupidity.
Many truths are told in jest.
We are satisfied when our witticisms are laughed at, but not our stupidity.
We are godly enough to hate one another, but not godly enough to love one another.
We are so connected to each other only because we suffer from the same diseases.
The spirit of observation is the memory of the aged.
We are often accused of not noticing our own weaknesses, but are there many who know their strengths? They are like the ore that does not know that it hides a vein of gold in it.
A genuine satire does not target anyone directly.
No wise man has yet been seen who wanted to rejuvenate.
Don't be too quick to say "no" until you're asked.
It is impossible to imagine that such a natural, necessary and universal phenomenon as death was intended by the Heavens as a punishment for mankind.
There are some who, in trying to eradicate prejudice, at the same time eradicate virtue and honor and religion.
We must never be ashamed to admit that we were wrong: because in this way we are actually saying that we are smarter today than we were yesterday.
No one rushes to get advice, instead everyone rushes to money - it turns out that money is better than advice