The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.