Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.