A historian has many duties... the first is not to slander; the second is not to bore
Our priests are not what a silly populace supposes; all their learning consists in our credulity.
If there are atheists, who is to be blamed if not the mercenary tyrants of souls who, in revolting us against their swindles, compel some feeble spirits to deny the God whom these monsters dishonour?
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
Fame is a heavy burden.