Nature has made all her truths independent of one another. Our art makes one dependent on the other. But this is not natural. Each keeps its own place.

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. The cure for this is first to show that religion is not contrary to reason, but worthy of reverence and respect. Next make it attractive, make good men wish it were true and then show that it is.

Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious.

It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.

The war existing between the senses and reason.