We do not know either unalloyed happiness or unmitigated misfortune. Everything in this world is a tangled yarn; we taste nothing in its purity; we do not remain two moments in the same state. Our affections as well as bodies, are in a perpetual flux.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

The man is best served who has no occasion to put the hands of others at the end of his own arms.

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.

Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.