The farmers are the founders of civilization.
God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Nothing will ruin the country if the people themselves will' undertake its safety, and nothing can save it, if they leave that safety in any hands but their own.
Mind is the great lever of all things.
Instruct the mothers of the French people.
There is no happiness, there is no liberty, there is no enjoyment of life, unless a man can say, when he rises in the morning, I shall be subject to the decision of no unwise judge today.