That little hypocrites and half-crazed people dare to imagine that on their account the laws of nature are constantly broken; such an enhancement of every kind of selfishness to infinity, to impudence, cannot be branded with sufficient contempt. And yet Christianity owes its triumph to this pitiable flattery of personal vanity.

We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking in our adversary.

What is bad? -Everything that arises from weakness.

Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out.

It is however a disgrace to pray! Not for all, but for you, and me, and whoever has his a conscience.