Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a church deems a certain belief essential to salvation, just so long it will kill and burn if it has the power.
It is better to deserve without receiving than to receive without deserving
There is no slavery but ignorance.
If nobody has too much, everybody will have enough.
Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.
The history of the world shows that when a mean thing was done, man did it; when a good thing was done, man did it.