For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities.
All the persecutors declare against each other mortal war, while the philosopher, oppressed by them all, contents himself with pitying them.
The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.
Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.