If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them