"I have always been convinced that the universe is a place of perpetual motion, and that this motion is always tending towards destruction."

"No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful."

"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!"

"You are afraid of the people unrestrained-how ridiculous!"

"I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts."