God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.
We offer up prayers to god only because we have made him after our own image. We treat him like a pasha, or a sultan, who is capable of being exasperated and appeased.
Whatever you do, crush the infamous thing, and love those who love you.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.
What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.