Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
I maintain that today many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.
I cannot know anything of which there is and can be only one.
All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable, which makes you see something you weren't noticing, which makes you see something that isn't even visible.
The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.
A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.
If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.