It is just that we should be grateful not only to those with whose views we may agree but also to those who have expressed more superficial views for these also contributed something by developing before us the powers of thought

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge

Poverty is the parent of revolution

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them the prosperous need people to be kind to

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The law is reason free from passion

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought