It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

I want nothing to do with privilege.

I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man