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.

Now is not the time for making new enemies.

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.