Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.

Childhood has it's own way of seeing, thinking, and feeling, and nothing is more foolish than to try to substitute ours for theirs.

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.

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

That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it.

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

Inopportune consolations increase a deep sorrow.