Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.
Minds differ still more than faces.
All the arts are brothers; each one is a light to the others.
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.
Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.