"Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated."

"The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable."

"The only true morality is to live according to one's own desires."

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her sch…"