The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.

At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.