"It is a universal law — have no illusion — that every creature alive is attached to nothing so much as to its own self-interest."

"It is not poverty that is feared, but the opinion about poverty."

"It is better to starve to death in freedom from grief and fear, than to live in plenty with perturbation."

"What is the result of all this? To be free, serene, and happy."

"The price of apathy is to be at the mercy of those who are not."