The Philosophy Of The Wisest

To Conceive That Compulsion And Punishment Are The Proper Means Of Reformation Is The Sentiment Of A Barbarian.

No Maxim Can Be More Pernicious Than That Which Would Teach Us To Consult The Temper Of The Times, And To Tell Only So Much As We Imagine Our Contemporaries Will Be Able To Bear.

Learning Is The Ally, Not The Adversary Of Genius... He Who Reads In A Proper Spirit, Can Scarcely Read Too Much.

In Cases Where Every Thing Is Understood, And Measured, And Reduced To Rule, Love Is Out Of The Question.

Everything That Is Usually Understood By The Term Co-operation Is, In Some Degree, An Evil.