The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.

The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny.

I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense—nonsense upon stilts.

It is with government as with medicine, its only business is the choice of evils. Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty.

And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages? Might as well talk about prudent suicides.

Love and hatred only deal with feelings

After reading a book, you become someone else: Now you are not you, but you plus the book!

Whatever necessity lays upon thee endure whatever she commands do.

stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.

Who am I to stop everybody just to tell my stupid story? It's presumptuous.

I felt much better when I started to become myself a bit more and to spend time with people who I genuinely liked as opposed to the people I felt I should be spending time with.

The brain is an important gateway by which the social environment impacts on people's health through the mind.

The Western memory museum is now mostly a visual one.

Comedy has always been something I love, but for some reason - probably because of the British accent - I've always been pushed toward more period work.