To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

no people can be both ignorant and free.

Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.

I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. The Europeans value themselves on having subdued the horse to the uses of man; but I doubt whether we have not lost more than we have gained, by the use of this animal.