It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

When poverty is more disgraceful than even vice, is not morality cut to the quick?

It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should only be organised dust - ready to fly abroad the moment the spring snaps, or the spark goes out, which kept it together. Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice.