There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

I think we cannot too strongly attack superstition, which is the disturber of society; nor too highly respect genuine religion, which is the support of it.

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.