"The truth is not in books, but in nature."

"The rich man, in his bed of down, does not know the value of the poor man's sleep."

"The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him."

"I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery."

"To be truly free, we must obey only those laws we have prescribed for ourselves."