Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.

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.

The glory of youth is their strength.

I won't be affected by your charm nor I will trap you into marriage. I've been there once, never again.- Kristine

I could impart excitement, but not urgency. – Francis Chen

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.

Some people are afraid to dress in ways that they actually like because it might be different than what most people expect or how others dress.

I certainly believe that God did create the world, yeah, absolutely I believe that.

Money has no religion except itself.

Many a green isle needs must be In the deep wide sea of Misery, Or the mariner, worn and wan, Never thus could voyage on.

Passion kept one fully in the present, so that time became a series of mutually exclusive 'nows.'

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.