Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. It is strange that these voices often contradict each other?

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

A citizen should render to the state all the services he can as soon as the sovereign demands them.

The only moral lesson which is suited for a child--the most important lesson for every time of life--is this: 'Never hurt anybody.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

In the North the first words are, Help me; in the South, Love me.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived, and on such occasions only does it seem to will what is bad.