You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.

Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Beauty is the gift of God

Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy