The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

The foolish and the uneducated have little use for freedom. Only the educated are free.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.

These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style.