Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.

I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

A good action is preferable to an argument.