There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

Time is the herald of truth.

Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.

Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.

Of all the rewards of virtue, . . . the most splendid is fame, for it is fame alone that can offer us the memory of posterity.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.