Toleration is good for all, or it is good for none.
The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.
Politics ought to be adjusted not to human reasonings but to human nature, of which reason is but a part and by no means the greatest part.