Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

There are few persons of greater worth than their reputation; but how many are there whose worth is far short of their reputation!

Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.

Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.