Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

Kill the king but spare the man.

How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to answer others, it is put for the light of the world.

The intimacy which is contracted in infancy, and friendship which is formed in misfortune, are, of all others, the most lasting and unalterable.

The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of its foundation.

The Christian system of religion is an outrage on common sense.

Time makes more converts than reason.