Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all, and others to persecute those who reason

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books

They (the British) are like their own beer; froth on top, dregs at bottom, the middle excellent