Ambition is the immoderate desire for power.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.