A very great part of the mischiefs that vex this world arises from words.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us.
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
Woman is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one.
Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
There is a courageous wisdom there is also a false reptile prudence the result not of caution but of fear.
If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, o...
Example is the school of mankind and they will learn at no other.
Custom reconciles us to everything.