The interior of a temple is large enough for paying one's homage to the Eternal, who requires no rites that are repulsive to every thinking man.
The wise agree that a pure heart is the sublimest homage that Divinity can desire.

Headquarters, etc."-- He sighs for the universal idyllic state, and invokes the suppression of the armed force: "I beg my fellow-citizens, who are led to the criminal courts out of curiosity, to act as their own police; this is a task which every good citizen should fulfill wherever he happens to be.

In a free country, justice should not be secured by pikes and bayonets, but through reason and philosophy.

These must maintain a watchful eye over society; these must purify it and proscribe thieves and evil-doers.

Each individual must bring his small philosophic portion with him and, with these small portions, compose a rational totality that will turn out to be of benefit and to the welfare of all.