Virtue Has Needs Of Limits.

Man Is A Social Animal Formed To Please In Society.

The Severity Of The Laws Prevents Their Execution.

The Christian Religion Is A Stranger To Mere Despotic Power. The Mildness So Frequently Recommended In The Gospel Is Incompatible With The Despotic Rage.

We Ought To Be Very Cautious And Circumspect In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty.

Knowledge Humanizes Mankind, And Reason Inclines To Mildness; But Prejudices Eradicate Every Tender Disposition.