He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything beyond necessities.

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires.

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.

We lose all that time which we might employ better.

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

The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.