“The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.”

Two souls, alas, dwell in my breast.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

The fact that you are willing to say, 'I do not understand, and it is fine,' is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

The world was so recent that many things lacked names, and in order to indicate them it was necessary to point.

Be silent, or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.