How did mankind ever come by the idea of liberty? What a grand thought it was!

I would give something to know for whose sake precisely those deeds were really done which report says were done for the fatherland.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.

To many people virtue consists chiefly in repenting faults, not in avoiding them.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.