Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?

May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

Injustice in the end produces independence.