We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves

Emotions have taught mankind to reason.

The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.

A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it experiences. Through memory and knowledge it becomes a microcosm, carrying the world within itself. A mirror of things, a mirror of facts. Each human being becomes a little universe within the universe!

The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind

To possess taste, one must have some soul.