It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?

The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.

Another century and there will not be a Bible on earth!

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

I am the best-natured creature in the world, and yet I have already killed three, and of these three two were priests.

A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.