... what is really inspiriting and ennobling in the doctrine of freewill, is the conviction that we have real power over the formation of our own character; that our will, by influencing some of our circumstances, can modify our future habits or capabilities of willing.
The moment one asks himself whether he is happy, he ceases to be so.
Induction is a process of inference; it proceeds from the known to the unknown.
Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
Over one's mind and over one's body the individual is sovereign.
All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.