“I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.”

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”

“May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies. ”

“What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders; but when one only tries to do good to men and when one does not offend heaven, one can fear nothing, neither during life nor after death.”

“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”

“The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him”

“I know of only one serious thing on this earth, the growing of grapes.”