“All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.”

“After all, it is no more surprising to me to be born twice than it is to be born once.”

“mankind have a little corrupted nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves; God has given them neither cannon of four-and-twenty pounders, nor bayonets; and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another.”

“Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become wolves. God did not give them twenty-four-pounders or bayonets, yet they have made themselves bayonets and guns to destroy each other. In the same category I place not only bankruptcies, but the law which carries off the bankrupts’ effects, so as to defraud their creditors.”

“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”

“Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.”

“Morality is everywhere the same for all men, therefore it comes from God; sects differ, therefore they are the work of men.”