Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.
A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.
One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.