Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.

There's scarce a point whereon mankind agree - So well as in their boast of killing me; I boast of nothing, but when I've a mind - I think I can be even with mankind

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.

Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.

Why are the Jews hated? It is the inevitable result of their laws; they either have to conquer everybody or be hated by the whole human race.

Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked.