Most of my life has been one tragedy after another, most of which hasn't happened.
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.