The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.