Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.

The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.