People generally have more feeling for canals and roads than education. However, I hope we can advance them with equal pace.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.

If we could believe that Jesus...countenanced the follies, falsehoods and charlatanisms which his biographers father on him, ...the conclusion would be irresistible...that he was an imposter.

Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to the truth.

Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts.

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle.