Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.

Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.