I know of no great men except those who have rendered great service to the human race.

Tears are the silent language of grief.

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

We are going to a new world... and no doubt it is there that everything is for the best; for it must be admitted that one might lament a little over the physical and moral happenings of our own world.

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.