I have made a ceaseless effort not to ridicule, not to bewail, not to scorn human actions, but to understand them.
Blessed are the weak who think that they are good because they have no claws.
In regard to intellect and true virtue, every nation is on a par with the rest, and God has not in these respects chosen one people rather than another.
No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.
I call him free who is led solely by reason.
He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.