"All the selfish propensities, all the self-regarding vindictive emotions, were meant to have a sphere of action and sympathy, in order that they might not run to waste, for there is never a power in the human mind created to go unused."
"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way."
"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
"The person who can be only an easy optimist is a coward."
