We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

We must infer that a plant or animal of any species, is made up of special units, in all of which there dwells the intrinsic aptitude to aggregate into the form of that species: just as in the atoms of a salt, there dwells the intrinsic aptitude to crystallize in a particular way.‎

A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.

Feudalism, serfdom, slavery — all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kinds of rule, springing out of, and necessary to, a bad state of man. The progress from these is in all cases the same — less government.