“There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.”

“Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love. Hatred which is completely vanquished by love, passes into love; and love is thereupon greater, than id hatred had not preceded it. ”

“There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.”

“In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.”

“Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.”

“The supreme mystery of despotism, its prop and stay, is to keep men in a state of deception, and with the specious title of religion to cloak the fear by which they must be held in check, so that they will fight for their servitude as if for salvation.”

“I looked on, I thought, I reflected, I admired, in a state of stupefaction not altogether unmingled with fear!”