The more he became truly wise, the more he distrusted everything he knew.

If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.

No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.

The son of God is the same as the son of man; the son of man is the same as the son of God. God, the father, is the same as Christ, the son; Christ, the son, is the same as God, the father. This language may appear confused to unbelievers, but Christians will readily understand it.

Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.

There are two things for which animals are to be envied: they know nothing of future evils, or of what people say about them.

I have chosen to be happy because it is goo for my health.