Fanaticism is a monster that pretends to be the child of religion

It is not enough to be exceptionally mad, licentious and fanatical in order to win a great reputation; it is still necessary to arrive on the scene at the right time.

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

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil.

If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.