It is only through timidity that states are lost.

Adultery is an evil only inasmuch as it is a theft; but we do not steal that which is given to us.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.

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.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.