Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

That queen, of error, whom we call fancy and opinion, is the more deceitful because she does not always deceive. She would be the infallible rule of truth if she were the infallible rule of falsehood; but being only most frequently in error, she gives no evidence of her real quality, for she marks with the same character both that which is true and that which is false.

The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.

If man should commence by studying himself, he would see how impossible it is to go further.

If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe, and will dull you - will quiet your proudly critical intellect.

The only shame is to have none.