"There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love."

"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much."

"A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could."

"The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so."

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one."

"A government of laws and not of men."