Diplomacy without arms is like a concert without a score
Neither antiquity nor any other nation has imagined a more atrocious and blasphemous absurdity than that of eating God. This is how Christians treat the autocrat of the universe.
If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.
One should never despair too soon.
Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.
I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.