The first and simplest emotion 

which we discover in the human mind, 

is curiosity.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? 

It is the greatest of all possible evils; 

for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil 

is for good men to do nothing.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold 

is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Reading without reflecting 

is like 

eating without digesting.

In a democracy, 

the majority of the citizens 

is capable of exercising 

the most cruel oppressions 

upon the minority.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.