Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

Toleration is the best religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

People do not lack strength they lack will.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.