To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

An injustice to one is a threat made to all

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.

The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.

The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.

A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.