Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.

This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings.

The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment.