“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”

“Life has the name of life, but in reality it is death.”

“Self-taught poverty is a help toward philosophy, for the things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”

“Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.”

“Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.”

“Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.”