Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse.
Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.
Enthusiasm, being the infirmity of bold and ambitious tempers, is naturally accompanied with a spirit of liberty; as superstition,on the contrary, renders men tame and abject, and fits them for slavery.
The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.
In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.
In a vain man, the smallest spark may kindle into the greatest flame, because the materials are always prepared for it.