Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

Man is free at the instant he wants to be.

The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.