Each State can have for enemies only other States, and not men; for between things disparate in nature there can be no real relation.

It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him.

The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force.

Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet.

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself.

Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it.

Truth is no road to fortune.

It’s a difficult thing having a heart made of glass

Hope will never be silent.

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine.

So long as society is founded on injustice, the function of the laws will be to defend injustice. And the more unjust they are the more respectable they will seem.

As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.

I felt like I got more comfortable on "Idol" when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

No matter how sad we might be, the universe is still planning our happiness.

I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea.