Men speak from knowledge, women from imagination.

Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.

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

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state.

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

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.