I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.
It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence.
Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs.
The mind is like a trunk: if well-packed, it holds almost every thing; if ill-packed, next to nothing.
A lawyer's brief will be brief, before a freethinker thinks freely.
The body too has its rights; and it will have them: they cannot be trampled on without peril. The body ought to be the soul's best friend. Many good men however have neglected to make it such: so it has become a fiend and has plagued them.