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

"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse."

"The only security against error is in the discussion of every subject, and the careful examination of all arguments, by which it can be supported or opposed."

"The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out."