Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
The sum of all sums is eternity.
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
