Men use thought only to justify their wrong doings, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

The man who, in a fit of melancholy, kills himself today, would have wished to live had he waited a week.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.

Liberty, then, about which so many volumes have been written is, when accurately defined, only the power of acting.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.

It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.