“It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.”

“Iniquum est collapsis manum non porrigere: commune hoc ius generis humani est"(It is wrong not to stretch out your hand to the fallen: that is a common law of the human race)”

“The best ideas are common property”

“Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.”

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for crisis.”

“A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand.”