Love of power more frequently originates in vanity than pride (two qualities, by the way, which are often confounded) and is, consequently, yet more peculiarly the sin of little than of great minds.

There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.

You have heard of, and studied various systems of philosophy; but real philosophy is opposed to all systems.

The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next.