Change Is One Thing, Progress

Government Can Easily Exist Without Laws, But Law Cannot Exist Without Government.

Fear Is The Main Source Of Superstition, And One Of The Main Sources Of Cruelty. To Conquer Fear Is The Beginning Of Wisdom.

Religion Is Based ... Mainly Upon Fear ... Fear Of The Mysterious, Fear Of Defeat, Fear Of Death. Fear Is The Parent Of Cruelty, And Therefore It Is No Wonder If Cruelty And Religion Have Gone Hand In Hand. My Own View On Religion Is That Of Lucretius. I Regard It As A Disease Born Of Fear And As A Source Of Untold Misery To The Human Race.

The Thing That I Should Wish To Obtain From Money Would Be Leisure With Security.

Of All Forms Of Caution, Caution In Love Is Perhaps The Most Fatal To True Happiness.