Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.

No nation deserves freedom or can long retain it which does not win it for itself. Revolutions must be made by the people and for the people.

Constancy is the complement of all the other human virtues.

The religion of humanity is love.

To be mistaken is a misfortune to be pitied; but to know the truth and not to conform one's actions to it is a crime which Heaven and Earth condemn.

The honor of a country depends much more on removing its faults than on boasting of its qualities.

The epoch of individuality is concluded, and it is the duty of reformers to initiate the epoch of association. Collective man is omnipotent upon the earth he treads.