Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.

The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.

Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers?

If God permits virtue to be persecuted on earth, it is not for us to question his intentions. It may be that his rewards are held over for another life, for is it not true as written in Holy Scripture that the Lord chastenenth only the righteous! And after all, is not virtue it's own reward?

Religions are the cradles of despotism.

Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!