"I was full of ambition; accustomed to hear myself puffed and praised; and my father was always dinning into my ears the necessity of pushing myself forward — so be hailed this visit as the making of m…"

"All inconsistencies, all surprises, have vanished: everything that has served to make the field of politics a labyrinth, has vanished. A clue to the interior of the labyrinth has been found : it is th…"

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

"Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about."

"I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!"