If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.

Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

Power is not happiness.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.

He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.