God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker.

Self-love is the instrument of our preservation.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.