“Weakness doesn‘t get a vote.”

“Do not act as if thou wert going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over thee. While thou livest, while it is in thy power, be good.”

“Individual ambition serves the common good.”

“De Omnibus Dubitandum”

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity, but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities, but of their advantage.”

“We conclude that religion in this world is a mansion with many rooms. Some people need a room marked “Truth;” others just don‘t want to sleep alone.”