The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals.
I am one of the people who love the why of things.
The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. . . . Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. . . . The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.
I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed.
Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your happiness does not get to be dependent on anything.
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.
Nothing is more difficult, in my opinion, than to avoid something that fundamentally attracts you.
The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
If you can't invent the future, the next best thing is to fund it.
There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.
To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege.