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 ?

History is the lie commonly agreed upon.

I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.

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?

The man who says to me, "Believe as I do, or God will damn you," will presently say, "Believe as I do, or I shall assassinate you."

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

The first clergyman was the first rascal who met the first fool.