Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

History should be written as philosophy.