The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty

The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty

Modesty is a shining light; it prepares the mind to receive knowledge, and the heart for truth.

If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago.

Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.

The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue.

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.