All Poetry Is Misrepresentation.

Pleasure Is In Itself A Good; Nay, Even Setting Aside Immunity From Pain, The Only Good.

An Absolute And Unlimited Right Over Any Object Of Property Would Be The Right To Commit Nearly Every Crime.if Ihad Sucha Right Over Thestick Iamaboutto Cut, I Might Employ It As A Mace To Knock Down The Passengers, Or I Might Convert It Into A Sceptre As An Emblem Of Royalty, Or Into An Idol To Offend The National Religion.

[i]n Principle And In Practice, In A Right Track And In A Wrong One, The Rarest Of All Human Qualities Is Consistency.

Every Law Is An Infraction Of Liberty.

We May Scatter The Seeds Of Courtesy And Kindness About Us At Little Expense. Some Of Them Will Fall On Good Ground, And Grow Up Into Benevolence In The Minds Of Others, And All Of Them Will Bear Fruit Of Happiness In The Bosom Whence They Spring.