Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse

Trade is the best cure for prejudice.

When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.