One who is allowed to sin, sins less
An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.