Honor is unknown in despotic states.

I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.

Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions