...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

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

What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches.

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

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.