"The ultimate sanction, therefore, of all morality, is a subjective feeling in our own minds."

"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"Capacity for the nobler feelings is in most natures a very tender plant, easily killed, not only by hostile influences, but by mere want of sustenance."

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