“Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too.”

“Dare to think for yourself.”

“Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.”

“the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.”

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”

“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.”

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