The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.
They who are to be judges must also be performers.
Friendship is communion.
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.