It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

The Pride of every Jew finds cause to believe that the cause of their down fall is not their detestable politics, or ignorance of social graces, but the raft of God. They believe it took a miracle to undo them.

Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

I swear that, not being able to be yours, I will belong to no one.