Let us imagine a number of men in chains and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of man.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

Which is the more believable of the two, Moses or China?

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.