"One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again."

"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."

"It is better to suffer a little evil than to do a great deal of good in a wrong way."

"When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example to the poor to plunder the rich of his property."

"The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind."