Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.
Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.
I feel virtuous because my soul is at ease.
How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - ju...
Equality is the soul of liberty there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
However novel it may appear, I shall venture the assertion, that, until women assume the place in society which good sense and good feeling alike assign to them, human improvement must advance but fee...
Ambition is the necessary spur of a great mind to great action; when acting upon a weak mind it impels it to absurdity, or sours it with discontent.
These will vary in every human being but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
If they exert it not for good, they will for evil if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down conten...
All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reas...
Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
How are men to be secured in any rights without instruction; how to be secured in the equal exercise of those rights without equality of instruction? By instruction understand me to mean knowledge - j...
[Men] are incomprehensible animals... They walk about boasting of their wisdom, strength, and sovereignty, while they have not sense so much as to swallow an apple with the aid of an Eve to put it dow...