But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its spirit is so favorable to tyranny that it always profits by such a regime. True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not much mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes.

Childhood is the sleep of reason.

Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.

To try to conceal our own heart is a bad means to read that of others.

If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God.

It is not our criminal actions that require courage to confess, but those which are ridiculous and foolish.

Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.