Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.

No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason.

Love truth, and pardon error.

The more you know, the less sure you are.