self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control the desires and pa...
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those, who are believed to be most self—abased and humble, are generally in reality the most ambitious and envious
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men, in so far as they live in obedience to reason necessarily do only such things as are necessarily good for human nature, and consequently for each...
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Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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The good which every man, who follows after virtue, desires for himself he will also desire for other men...
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Nothing forbids man to enjoy himself, save grim and gloomy superstition
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For though men be ignorant, yet they are men
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The superstitious know how to reproach people for their vices better than they know how to teach them virtues, and they strive, not to guide men by re...
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It will be said that, although God’s law is inscribed in our hearts, Scripture is nevertheless the Word of God, and it is no more permissible to say o...
