I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.

You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.

Answer me, you who believe that animals are only machines. Has nature arranged for this animal to have all the machinery of feelings only in order for it not to have any at all?

What! Have you no monks to teach, to dispute, to govern, to intrigue and to burn people who do not agree with them?

A witty quote proves nothing.

Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.

‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.