“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free”

“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization”

“Those whom we support hold us up in life”

“The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious”

“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors”

“All men by nature desire knowledge”