If God did not exist, he would have to be invented.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
The man visited by ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities is an enthusiast; the man who supports his madness with murder is a fanatic.
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois
The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reason.
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.