Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

Which is more dangerous: fanaticism or atheism? Fanaticism is certainly a thousand times more deadly; for atheism inspires no bloody passion whereas fanaticism does; atheism is opposed to crime and fanaticism causes crimes to be committed.

One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

The Jews have always been waiting for a Messiah, but their Messiah is for them only, not for us, a Messiah ho will give them mastery over the Christians.

If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.