Accent is the soul of language; it gives to it both feeling and truth.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

The English people think they are free; they are greatly deceived; they are free only during the election of members of Parliament.

Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody.

In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

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

I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power?