Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.