Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself.
The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.
I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
Childhood has its own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.
True genius is creative and makes all from nothing.
Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people.
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.
He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies.
All through life a man has need of a counsellor and guide.
But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live.
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
No one is happy unless he respects himself.
Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.
Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away. Poetic Verse by.
There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?
I had been brought up in a church which decides everything and permits no doubts, so that having rejected one article of faith I was forced to reject the rest.
I think it impossible that the great monarchies of Europe can last much longer.