The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
Fear could never make virtue.
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.
What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all steeped in weaknesses and errors: Let us forgive one another's follies, it is the first law of nature.