Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

Better is the enemy of good.

The Jewish nation dares to display an irreconcilable hatred toward all nations, and revolts against all masters; always superstitious, always greedy for the well-being enjoyed by others, always barbarous - cringing in misfortune and insolent in prosperity.

I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.