The best is the enemy of the good.
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
What is not in nature can never be true.
If mankind were born tomorrow it would divide into groups; each would scramble to invent their one and only god, and set about butchering each-other.
I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.