Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? 1.5K
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. 615
But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine. 1.32K
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way. 581
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. 726
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. 843
