"Reason's last step is to recognize that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it."

"Cleopatra's nose: had it been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been changed."

"We must laugh at what we despise, and not at what we fear."

"It is a dangerous thing to make a man believe he is no better than the beasts, for he will soon begin to act as such."

"The knowledge of man's misery without God is the knowledge of two things: his misery and his greatness."