If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Imagination rules the world.
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern.
Nothing is easier than fault-finding.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.