Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.

Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.

Unanimity is the mistress of strength.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

Private passions grow tired and wear themselves out; political passions, never.

Civil wars leave nothing but tombs.