"Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce."

"Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves."

"I have been accused of being a misanthrope, but I am only a hater of hypocrisy."

"I'll publish right or wrong: Fools are my theme, let satire be my song."

"Christ came to save men, but a good Pagan will go to heaven and a bad Nazarene to hell. If mankind who never heard or dreamt of Galilee and its Prophet may be saved, Christianity is of no avail."