The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

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.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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

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.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!