He who eats in idleness that which he himself has not earned, steals it; and a capitalist whom the state pays for doing nothing differs little in my eyes from a brigand, who lives at the expense of passers-by.

Men, in general, are not this or that, they are what they are made to be.

The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning it.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

We cannot work for others without working for ourselves.

Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.