Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.
Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
Religion is so great a thing that it is right that those who will not take the trouble to seek it if it be obscure, should be deprived of it.
Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it
Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.
Everything that is incomprehensible does not, however, cease to exist.