He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.

He who has heard the same thing told by 12,000 eye-witnesses has only 12,000 probabilities, which are equal to one strong probability, which is far from certain.

The abuse of grace is affectation, as the abuse of the sublime is absurdity; all perfection is nearly a fault.

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a whole kingdom into hypocrites.