553  Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

1082  The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

867  Reason should direct and appetite obey.

1868  If we resist change, we’ll fail. If we accept change, we’ll survive and if we create change, we’ll succeed.

1230  There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.