Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

Europe is a state with several provinces

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

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

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

An injustice to one is a threat made to all