If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.
Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.
It is up to us to cultivate our garden.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.
The institution of religion exists only to keep mankind in order, and to make men merit the goodness of God by their virtue. Everything in a religion which does not tend towards this goal must be considered foreign or dangerous.
We must cultivate our own garden.