Poverty in a democracy is as much to be preferred to what is called prosperity under despots, as freedom is to slavery.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.
Men should strive to think much and know little.
The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.