We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a religious: do good because it is God's will, out of love of God; 3) a human: do good because it will promote your happiness, out of self-love; 4) a political: do good because it will promote the welfare of the society of which you are a part, out of love of society having regard to yourself. But is this not all one single principle, only viewed from different sides?

Too much is unwholesome.

Non cogitant, ergo non sunt.

The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

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

Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.