"Man is neither angel nor beast, and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast."

"If we would purify the heart, we must purify the understanding."

"We are generally more persuaded by the reasons we have ourselves discovered than by those which have been discovered by others."

"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."

"If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists."