He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.

I saw that all things I feared, and which feared me, had nothing good or bad in them save insofar as the mind was affected by them.

Will and intellect are one and the same thing.

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.