Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
As long as there is poverty there will be gods.
Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it.
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent.
History seldom destroys that which does not deserve to die; and the burning of the tares makes for the next sowing a richer soil.
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.