There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.