It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine (Deity) compasses all nature. All beside this has been added, after the mythical style, for the purpose of persuading the multitude, and for the interests of the laws, and the advantage of the state.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.

In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.