“Can anything be beyond the knowledge of a man like you?”

“It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would wither.”

“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”

“Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.”

“I laugh at everything, for fear of having to weep.”