"The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun."

"The true method of discovering the will of God, is to discover the works of God."

"And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship (for so you have been to me, and that in the day of danger) and a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an…"

"Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."

"The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall."