There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.
Those who speak against the great do not usually speak from morality, but from envy.
I would recommend a free commerce both of matter and mind. I would let men enter their own churches with the same freedom as their own houses; and I would do it without a homily or graciousness or favor, for tyranny itself is to me a word less odious than toleration.
Falsehood is for a season.
No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.
He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt. The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit flickers and expires against the incombustible walls of her sanctuary.