The worst hatred is that of relatives.
Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Christianity is a pestilent superstition.
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue.