Immoral laws are doubtless void, and should not be obeyed.
The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.
Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.