He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.

the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

A free man thinks of nothing less than of death; and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life.

I shall consider human actions and desires in exactly the same manner, as though I were concerned with lines, planes and solids.

He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Sadness diminishes a man's powers