Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors. Dictionnaire philosophique (1764)
Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country, and is a living lesson. Dictionnaire philosophique (1785)
Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them. Dictionnaire philosophique (1785)
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. Dictionnaire philosophique (1785)
All philosophical sects have run aground on the reef of moral and physical ill. It only remains for us to confess that God, having acted for the best, had not been able to do better. Dictionnaire philosophique (1785)
Animals feel pleasure in performing all the functions for which they are destined... There is great pleasure in eating and drinking... but it is clear that if man were always eating... his organs could not sustain it. Dictionnaire philosophique (1764)