I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

The time to be happy is now, and the place to be happy is here.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.

A great man is a torch in the darkness, a beacon in superstition's night, an inspiration and a prophecy.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.