If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.