...majority Patriotism is the customary Patriotism.

No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is.

Now what I contend is that my body is my own, at least I have always so regarded it. If I do harm through my experimenting with it, it is I who suffer, not the state.

Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

You cant reach old age by another man's road, my habits protect my life but they would assassinate you

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.