"The 'self-regarding' actions are those which primarily and directly affect only the agent himself."

"The subjection of women is an evil, and a hindrance to human improvement."

"It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak."

"The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection."

"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."