The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.
Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.
Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.