"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh."
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"
"S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer."(If God did not exist he would have to be invented.)"
"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."