Two things strike me dumb: the infinite starry heavens, and the sense of right and wrong in man.

There is no virtue in penance and fasting which waste the body; they are only fanatical and monkish.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty.

We find that the more a cultivated reason devotes itself to the aim of enjoying life and happiness, the further does man get away from true contentment.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

The bad thing of war is, that it makes more evil people than it can take away.