Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
From Thomas Jefferson
Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.
Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.
Speeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
Taste cannot be controlled by law.
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.
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