The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

All that time is lost which might be better employed.

General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.

That man is truly free who desires what he is able to perform, and does what he desires.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.