Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.
The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
In all the disputes which have excited Christians against each other, Rome has invariably decided in favor of that opinion which tended most towards the suppression of the human intellect and the annihilation of the reasoning powers.