"Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul."

"The greatest service an individual can render a country, is to support its freedom, and to expose its enemies."

"One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again."

"The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."

"It is impossible for us to suppose that a God, who is just, can be the author of a religion which is not just."