If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.

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

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little

Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

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.

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