He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.

Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.

God is a thing that thinks.

If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.

We strive to further the occurrence of whatever we imagine will lead to Joy, and to avert or destroy what we imagine is contrary to it, or will lead to Sadness.

Big fish eat small fish with as much right as they have power.