The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty.
We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.
The only thing permanent is change.
If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.
Melancholy characterizes those with a superb sense of the sublime.
Enlightenment is the liberation of man from his self-caused state of minority... Supere aude! Dare to use your own understanding!is thus the motto of the Enlightenment.