We are all happy if we but knew it.

I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most hardened heart; I am told this is due to fear.

Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins. Go, and do not be afraid.

It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness.

Equality lies only in human moral dignity. ... Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.

If there is no God, everything is permitted.

Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.