One cannot get rid of a good education, nor, unfortunately, of a bad one, which often is such because one has not wanted to defray the expenses of a good one.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.

Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Oh! how near are genius and madness! Men imprison them and chain them, or raise statues to them.

In general, children, like men, and men, like children, prefer entertainment to education.

Although a man may wear fine clothing, if he lives peacefully; and is good, self-possessed, has faith and is pure; and if he does not hurt any living being, he is a holy man.

No matter how hard we try, we are at best imperfect people. When we allow sin, we allow our imperfections to show.

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

Tenderness is total love, whereas justice is only a part of love, though it believes itself, mistakenly, to be the whole.

I like women who are okay with who they are.

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.

Hobbies are apt to run away with us, you know; it doesn't do to be run away with. We must keep the reins.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.

I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

I know it starts at home, but all families are not staying together.