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

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

Must we kill to prevent there being any wicked? This is to make both parties wicked instead of one.

All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will.

We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.