In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

God made me and broke the mold.

I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power?

The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.

I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it.

It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.