The Christian Religion Teaches Us

If Reason Be A Gift Of Heaven, And We Can Say As Much Of Faith, Heaven Has Certainly Made Us Two Gifts Not Only Incompatible, But In Direct Contradiction To Each Other. In Order To Solve The Difficulty, We Are Compelled To Say Either That Faith Is A Chimera Or That Reason Is Useless.

The Wisest Among Us Is Very Lucky Never To Have Met The Woman, Be She Beautiful Or Ugly, Intelligent Or Stupid, Who Could Drive Him Crazy Enough To Be Fit To Be Put Into An Asylum.

The Best Mannered People Make The Most Absurd Lovers.

The Good Of The People Must Be The Great Purpose Of Government. By The Laws Of Nature And Of Reason, The Governors Are Invested With Power To That End. And The Greatest Good Of The People Is Liberty. It Is To The State What Health Is To The Individual.

And His Hands Would Plait The Priest's Entrails, For Want Of A Rope, To Strangle Kings.