No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Man, I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!"

...a being, with a capacity of reasoning, would not have failed to discover, as his faculties unfolded, that true happiness arose from the friendship and intimacy which can only be enjoyed by equals; and that charity is not a condescending distribution of alms, but an intercourse of good offices and mutual benefits, founded on respect for justice and humanity.

A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy and nothing can stop him.