“The reasoning man who rejects the superstitions of simpletons necessarily becomes their enemy; he must expect as much and be prepared to laugh at the consequences.”
“The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.”
“The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it.”
“He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.”
“A man must have a good deal of vanity who believes, and a good deal of boldness who affirms, that all the doctrines he holds are true, and all he rejects are false.”
“But you did not know that as soon as man rejects miracles, he will at once reject God as well, for man seeks not so much God as miracles.”