It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.

Hope should no more be a virtue than fear; we fear and we hope, according to what is promised or threatened us.

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd.