By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

Nothing so effectually deadens the taste of the sublime as that which is light and radiant.

Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through their Voltaire, their Helvetius, and the rest of that infamous gang, that only sort of fear which generates true courage.

Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition.

If we owned the property, we will be free and prosperous. If so they regain control, we will become poor

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.