But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

The question is not whether you have a right to render people miserable, but whether it is not in your best interest to make them happy.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

The perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the AEolian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breeze.

Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all it combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.