Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise for interpreting laws is almost always to corrupt them.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

The supposed right of intolerance is absurd and barbaric. It is the right of the tiger; nay, it is far worse, for tigers do but tear in order to have food, while we rend each other for paragraphs.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.

Every sensible man, every honest man, must hold the Christian sect in horror. But what shall we substitute in its place? you say. What? A ferocious animal has sucked the blood of my relatives. I tell you to rid yourselves of this beast, and you ask me what you shall put in its place ?

What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.